On 2021-11-20 16:17, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote:
> 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".
>

And that "feature" can be removed with the nocsd packages:
https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html?c=package&q=nocsd*&x=submit

and also with one from Debian that rolls back this "improvement" after
user protest. Sorry, can't remember the name.

golinux