On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 22:39:06 +0100
Riccardo Mottola via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> Riccardo Mottola via Dng wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
>
> sorry, message was sent without content.. I wonder, something went
> wrong with Thunderbird which sent out an email when I put the laptop
> to sleep.
>
> What I wanted to write is this.
>
> I use xfce since ascii and chimaera: I think it has a consistent
> look: timeless enough, something between CDE and Windows XP but not
> so ugly. I refer especially to the windowmanager, smooth design, well
> usable, not inrusive. Colors, shades changed but it remained.
>
> Now, in chimaera, I notice something inconsistent. When opening
> applications like xterm or firefox, the look of windows decoration is
> similar, but updated to previous versions.
> Other windows, however "internal" apps, like system preferences,
> panels, etc of XFCE look ugly without decorations, similar to windows
> 10. Is that an intention? or is there some setting inconsistency I
> did not detect?
>
> Thanks for hints. Of course you may understand what I want to restore
> proper decoration to all windows, not the other way around.

What you see there is one of the effects of "Client Side Rendering"
which is this new fad that wants to return to the cowboy times of
mid-80's where every GUI program implements its own looks and style.
It's generally called "progress".