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Proposal for improved COSMIC apps: (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So, I think cosmic apps should support whatever the global menu protocol is called, and have the top bar be ssd. The ssd would use the global menu protocol to add the already existing menu bar to the titlebar.

This would have quite a few benefits, including

Making every third party app with a menu bar look more native, with them getting a COSMIC-style titlebar.
Making COSMIC apps integrate nicer with other desktops, especially for people who use a mac-style global menu.
A more unified and flexible desktop experience overall.

Obvious problems being what to do with other buttons in titlebars(I propose to just move them to wherever else would make sense) and what to do on desktops with no server side decorations like GNOME. Also, on other desktops that have ssd, but don't put the global menu anywhere, there would have to be a more classic, less elegant menu bar.

This proposal definitely has downsides, but I think it'd be a definite improvement and align with COSMIC's philosphy, so tell me what you all think!

Also, if any system76 employees are reading this, pretty please 🥺 ?

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[–] obsoleteacct@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From a user perspective I don't understand how wasting a bunch of screen space on an ugly, non-functional bar across every window is better. I get that from a software development perspective it's basically one less thing to deal with. But I absolutely prefer to have a functional use for the space.

The title bars in KDE felt so antiquated, especially for such a foundational thing. For a while I removed the title bars and used a "move window" key and minimize/maximize/close shortcuts.

Eventually I just switched to Gnome.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago

That's a good take, I wish KDE had a better model that allowed for custom buttons and menus on the titlebar. But I still think CSD are awkard to work with, we need the best of both worlds in my opinion