Re: [Bug 656520] Re: minimize does not make any sense and should be removed

2010-10-11 Thread Olivier R-D
And there you point at one of the problems of the current model :-) Why should the window manager have its own logic to make some selected application look like a client/Server implementation. If a window exits then show it in alt-tab and expose. If an application wants to behave using a server/c

Re: [Bug 656520] Re: minimize does not make any sense and should be removed

2010-10-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Another thing we need to consider is the design of the "minimise" button. The "flat underscore" graphic makes sense if the window were to be minimised to a bottom-panel, but we're essentially sending it to the launcher. -- minimize does not make any sense and should be removed https://bugs.launc

Re: [Bug 656520] Re: minimize does not make any sense and should be removed

2010-10-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
We're in agreement, but unfortunately the line between netbooks and notebooks is blurry, we can maximise by default but we can't eliminate non-maximised windows, so minimise retains its usefulness. I would suggest closing the bug wontfix, but i'll leave that to the report as I'm willing to discus