Re: Experiments with Windows 7 window management

2011-05-16 Thread Bill Spitzak
William Swanson wrote: Expanding the window leaves unpainted background clearly visible for about 3/4 second during updates. Windows unfortunatly draws into a single buffer that the compositor is using, so you still see partial updates like this. They may be unable to avoid this as the api

Experiments with Windows 7 window management

2011-05-14 Thread William Swanson
Many people have strong opinions about client side window decorations. I would like to introduce some facts. Specifically, how does Windows 7, a widely-used desktop OS with client-side decorations, handle things? Unresponsive applications: I created a test program with a "crash" button and a stand