• isleofmist
    20·
    3 years ago

    I thought this was the standard everywhere in the world. Then I traveled to the US and saw how awful and backwards windows there were. It’s pathetic really.

    • mekhos
      4·
      3 years ago

      From what Ive seen this stuff is only in Europe and has been since the 90’s. My guess would be its still about 10 years off major adoption elsewhere at least.

  • wazowski
    12·
    3 years ago

    fun fact: if you turn the handle upward about 45 degrees from the horizontal position, it will create a small gap, but along the entire window edge, thus allowing the window to remain open, but less air to exchanged compared to opening it when the handle is completely upward

    not sure if this is a deliberate feature or merely an interesting manifestation of design imperfections, and i’m not sure if it works on all windows, but it does on mine hehe ;)

  • mekhos
    8·
    3 years ago

    For comparison, here is the style that is quite dominant in USA, UK, and maybe Australasia - It’s called the Sash Window it’s mostly single glazed in my experience and quite low security. There are counterweights hidden inside the frame that cancel the weight of the frame, so that it opens easily and stays in the place you left it.

    • 56!
      7·
      3 years ago

      (UK) I see these in older buildings, but usually newer building have the windows from the post, or simpler swinging ones. I’ve never seen a new-looking window of the sliding design.

    • mekhos
      6·
      3 years ago

      No sure if joke…but the middle image is a gap-mode that allows you to let some air in with no chance that a thief could get in

      • guojing
        4·
        3 years ago

        Eh, pretty easy to open it if you have the right tool.

        • sexy_peach@feddit.deOPM
          5·
          3 years ago

          I also wouldn’t leave my window tiled open if I lived on the ground floor. Upper floor though? It’s fine there :)

  • Whom
    71·
    3 years ago

    I’m not saying it’s useless, but I can’t imagine what I’d want this for. Can someone give a practical use for these different movement options?

  • TheOPtimal
    4·
    3 years ago

    I have one of these, and I also have a balcony door that works the same way

    • Zerush
      1·
      3 years ago

      Not only in Germany, in the most european countries they are used since more than 50 years.