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This is littlebit like a new kwin decoration theme, but not exactly.

This does not replace the Oxygen style or any other, this would just be a new decoration to the defaults among plastik, oxygen etc.

Many users use Alt (meta) + Left mouse button to move window. And even many use taskpanel to minimize and unminimize the window. Currently there is no easy way to close the window than the window decoration button what is as well a small in most themes (if not in all).

Kickoff menu has bit buttons and entry space is big so it is easy for senior user to use it. But why we do not offer same usability in the window management but we force users to search small buttons?

Apple has buttons on left side, Windows use on right side and so does most other by default.

In my own personal setup, I do not have decoration buttons at all. Because when I want to minimize the window, I click the taskpanel. When I want to maximize the window, I move it top of the screen edge and the window gets maximized. And when I want to close the window, I just use middle click in task panel to close it or Alt+F4.

Only thing what I can not currently do, is get rid off the window name in the decoration. I know what window is dolphin and what is konversation etc. But I still can not get removed the name if not doing some hacky way with font color.

After watching seniors having trouble to click the close button in the window, I tought it really could be bigger. But why not make all buttons bigger?

Why not have some of the kwin actions as kwin buttons? Like "Move"? Do we need to move the window from whole window decoration and not just, example 1/3 or 1/4 part of it?

In KDE SC 4.5 the Oxygen allows to move window from any empty space. That is more natural than moving from window decoration.

So here is my question and idea, how to do a bigger buttons and add a some actions to decoration. Still allowing to hide the window name if wanted (like now it is not possible). This would as well help in fullscreen situations where user could just swipe the mouse to bigger part of the top screen edge to close, minize, unmaximize it.

http://imgur.com/VRMXV.jpg

There would be option to show the window name if not hovering mouse over the kwin decoration. Or having a actions permamentally shown. Or that we have "move" action as well among other buttons. The buttons would automatically resize by their number. So we can have 4-5 buttons and they get resized to take same size, or just having a one button "close" for very easy closing.