On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:45 AM, Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > I often hear suggestions like this; about where something should be
> > placed or how it should behave because it belongs to this or that
> > technical part of the system, but surely something should be placed
> > where it is most logical to place it in terms of user interaction, not
> > system semantics.
>

Not "surely". Just "maybe". There are not definitive answers.

System semantics are important as well, because having a correct
understanding will guide the user's intuition.... blah blah blah.

Anyways, here's an example of how to alter the top bar such that the title
of a window + its buttons will be correctly attached to the so-called
rectangle of the window, adhearing to those spacial ("gestalt") laws of UI
design -- without taking up more space:

http://ge.tt/9qRlGgL/v/0?c

- Ben
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