Ill have to think on that more, but on first thought I think it's a good idea to indicate them on the launcher as the presence of a running app changes the behavior of that particular launcher. (Launching a new window versus focusing on an existing one).
Spatial concerns can be addressed by using a different indication method (background glow, for instance). Thoughts? On Sep 18, 2012 11:03 AM, "Daniel Foré" <dan...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I've seen a few mails/reports about the current lack of running app > indicators in Luna. I wanted to get a feel for how people who have been > using Luna for a while feel about it. Namely, is this something people are > complaining about because they expect it and aren't used to it yet, or is > this a real problem? > > Personally, I don't miss them at all. I haven't used them for almost a > year now (When Gala was just a dream haha). Luna is so good on resources > that it hardly matters if an app is open or not and you can easily see if > something is open from Gala's Workspace Overview since minimize isn't part > of our regular workflow. But it also has the added benefit of saving a few > pixels on the bottom of the dock (since our OOTB default is > hide-on-maximize and not intelli or autohide I think keep the dock small is > still important). > > If we do decide that running app indicators are important, would it be > terribly difficult to make this a switch in the desktop plug? We may need > to ask Rico to add a key for this since I think we wouldn't want to have > this update for every user on the system (since the theming is currently > stored globally). Because I do think that there are probably a significant > amount of people for which the running indicators just aren't terribly > useful in Luna and it could still remain as the default. But hey, that's > why I am asking! > > Best Regards, > > Daniel Foré > > elementaryos.org > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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