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youngian on Aug 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: (chromium) Issue 18385: Head in place of close but...

I especially like the explanation provided in the comments: "This was done as a passive-aggressive motivation to get someone to create the linux close/min/max/restore buttons, I believe. And the message got through, and the work was done. ;)"

igorgue on Aug 6, 2009 [–]

I think it was celebration, the Linux UI changed recently, Glen's face appeared yesterday :)

I posted it on my flickr too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/igorgue/3789856159/ along with a chat log on the IRC channel.

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