On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Stefanos A. <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/5/8 Ed Lin <[email protected]> >> >> I think that's the best implementation of taskbar meats dock offering >> all functions of both without sacrificing too much. >> But I'm not sure that's what you after. You are asking for a primary >> window-centric launcher. That doesn't exist, it's not possible to do >> without turning the launcher into something else, i.e. back into a >> taskbar. > > Let's attempt to think outside the box for a moment. > > The problem: clicking an application icon launches/restores the application > in question. Clicking the icon again does *not* minimize the application, as > most users would expect coming from the previous version of Ubuntu. > The current approach: this is a dock, not a taskbar, and thus does not offer > window management functions. > A potential solution: > - (if application is not launched) click launches application > - (if a single application window exists) > - - (if application window is not active/focused) click raises/maps/focuses > the window > - - (new: if application window is active/focused) click minimizes the > window > - (if multiple application windows exist) > - - (if not in expose mode) click activates expose mode > - - (new: if in expose mode) click minimizes all windows and leaves expose > mode > The two "new:" items form the proposal. The current dock has some minimal > window management capabilities (raise/map, expose) - this is the simplest > natural extension to those capabilities (minimize/unmap, remove expose) to > achieve the functionality expected by the users. The dock remains an > application-centric dock, without becoming a window-centric taskbar hybrid. > Arguments/comments welcome!
I quite like it. Evan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
