On 23 Feb 2011, at 00:21, Owen Taylor wrote:

> Why do people minimize windows?
> ===============================

I'd also add to your list:

* To hide a window in which a background task is ongoing. Minimizing the window 
allows the user to monitor the progress in the window list button (assuming 
progress is shown in the title bar, which ought to be the case), and to be 
alerted when the task has either finished or encountered a problem (when the 
window list button flashes), without being distracted by the window itself.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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