I see nothing wrong with either of these caveats and am rather amused by the fact that the term "window" defaults to "functionless see through thing" when discussed.
Being able to look out a window is immaterial. one cannot fly a starship by window. It takes sensors, navigational data, star charts, and calculations, rather than visual aide. All aspects of the window can also be achieved by the screen or monitor. I believe in TOS they called it a screen. Anyhow, it's function to see where you are going, doesn't matter when technology was made to make them just a luxury. Why have a window in a room, in the future with holographic projection tech, you could have walls in a room that look like a forest, and sleep in the middle, until the illusion is lost by someone opening the door. I think it's purely aesthetic and designer chosen. the TOS screens or monitors on a bridge were some seriously stout technology. In most battles and in most cases, those screens were still functional. I sometimes wonder if there is a planet out there with all the Bridge screens from destroyed ships littering the entire world surface. A planet of just pure ship screens, untouched, and in pristine condition, as they were the only things that survived the ship's destruction.
I mean think about it. How much explosions happen on the bridge, People Dying, Bridge Battle damage in countless episodes, from janeway to Picard to Kirk to Sisco, most of the time, including in the movies, most of the time, that damn view screen is still working!!
I mean, if you are in a TOS era -TNG era ship crashing in the ocean, run for the View Screen and hang on tight, you're guaranteed to come out alive, and still have TV to run your tricorder games on.
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