On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Sense Hofstede <qe...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 16 May 2010 14:31, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On 16/05/10 08:17, Akshat Jain wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com > > wrote: > >> > >> On 09/05/10 07:45, akshat jain wrote: > >> > But what will happen to Windicators when I minimize windows > >> > >> You minimise them too. They are specifically status associated with that > >> window - so you won't miss them. > >> > > But wouldn't it be better that that the windicators show up in the window > > list? > > So I won't have to open a minimized window to just see the > windicators.like > > I have an Image in my mind with with Compiz Live Preview like popups with > > Windicators instead of Window Previews. > > > > Interesting... yes, one could put a rendition of the Windicators on the > > windows in the Alt-TAB preview. Cool idea. > > > > David, could you make a note of that, please, in your window management > > file? > > > > Mark > > > Making it (slightly) easier to access the windicators would provide > the application developers with a more suitable place to provide quick > access to application functionality. This would mean less developers > want to put their application in the notification area; so the right > top of the screen should be a bit less cluttered. > > I hate the Minimize to Tray concept.One who invented this should be forced to watch BSoDs for 10 days continiously while tied to a chair and eyes forced to open.It is so much irritating and cluttered. It is a good thing to make less applications use Application > Indicators; they should be used to notify the users or give them > access to things that don't have their own open window, like Network > Manager. There are currently a lot of applications that have an > Application Indicator, but don't really use it properly. Those > applications could be using windocators instead when they would be > easily accessible. > > Agreed > Leaves the question where to minimise applications to if you can't put > them in the tray anymore (which is a good thing, I've always found it > a very unintuitive place to hide applications). I think we could do > with providing nothing extra: the most important reason for providing > something as horrendous as 'minimise to tray' is because applications > take a lot of place in the currently used window list panel applet. However, the Unity dock doesn't have this problem as the icons are > smaller, and most of them are already there. For most applications > keeping them running unhidden would only mean an extra triangle at the > dock next to an icon. > > I think there can be an Application-Stasher applet(kind of like a drawer but horizontal) where Applications can be minimized *if I wan't them to* because I don't see the utility of Minimize to Tray for other than application minimizing since notifications are handled by Notify-OSD and (soon) Windicators.Not needed on Unity but needed on Desktop. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark I think since there is no window list in Unity.We can can make the the Background Turn Red and blink for a few seconds and when the user hovers over it voila,a minimal menu with icons of Windicators whick expand on click and provide information -- I am 13 year old and make a lot of typos. I am a non-native english speaker. I will never answer emails half-asleep again. I love Ubuntu.
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