On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > My comments below are written from the perspective of Unity, because (a) > that's what I'm running, and (b) that's where our design conversations can > have the most immediate impact. > > On 16/05/10 15:30, Sense Hofstede wrote: > > An application bucket where you can dump applications you don't want to > take space sounds like a neat idea. The applications could stay in there, > even when they're running and have got the focus -- this could be indicated > by placing the focus triangle at the bucket icon (the bucket icon is > distinct from application by a different background colour or a border > around its icon (what icon?)). > > > The Unity Launcher shows running applications. > > If the app fits one of the Category Indicators, like the Messaging Menu or > Sound Menu, it may also show as "running" there, with the same visualization > (currently, a little triangle). > > I think it's reasonable to have apps which *don't* show in the Launcher, > but are still running. I'd like to hear from MPT, cc'd, on the subject. > > I'm not sure if it's worth making that an explicit configuration option > (those cost a knuckle at least, remember ;-)). I've seen spec's from MPT > where that behavior is sometimes implicit (you close a music player window, > and it keeps running in the background *if a song was playing* but not > otherwise), but I'm a bit uncomfortable with that myself, because I'm not > sure what the IM analogy would be. > > But I would object to a *third* catch-all place where windows might > "sometimes go", which is how I interpret your "application bucket". The > launcher is basically that bucket already, and Category Indicators should > suffice for things which are running but which we consider more like > "services" than applications; we don't need a third place as well. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > But this was for Desktop. -- 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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