Re: [Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2011-01-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
"Minimize" is really "hide". It means "keep this window alive, but get it out of my desktop view". The window is still in every sense part of the working set of windows, so it should show up in glorious technicolour during things like spread and alt-tab. Sam, would you make it so? It sounds like

Re: [Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2010-12-30 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi Conscious, On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 18:39, Conscious User wrote: > > > Minimize should be deprecated, because it was a workaround for "hide" > > window", which would have been a non-reversible gesture without tools > > like docky or the unity launcher now, or the window list back then. > > Min

Re: [Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2010-12-30 Thread Conscious User
> Minimize should be deprecated, because it was a workaround for "hide" > window", which would have been a non-reversible gesture without tools > like docky or the unity launcher now, or the window list back then. > Minimize is a synonym for "iconify", now list to me the situations in > which you

Re: [Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2010-12-30 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 17:41, Conscious User wrote: > > > Sounds cool. Unfortunately you didn't attach anything :) > the classic! liking the mockup! it shows that one can do a lot with the exposé view.. there was also talk about adding a visible "close" button, when "scale addons" are enabled,

Re: [Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2010-12-30 Thread Sam Spilsbury
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Conscious User wrote: > Hi, > > Currently the Unity launcher in Natty does not offer any way > to restore minimized windows if another window from the same > application is opened (the scale plugin is invoked instead, > considering only non-minimized windows). >

[Ayatana] The Unity launcher and minimized windows

2010-12-30 Thread Conscious User
Hi, Currently the Unity launcher in Natty does not offer any way to restore minimized windows if another window from the same application is opened (the scale plugin is invoked instead, considering only non-minimized windows). I suppose this is because it's just an alpha, but what is the intended