"If I'm not mistaking, that would make Docky win again" Maybe. Maybe not. The point here is that they are both contending to set that geometry, so if Docky starts updating more frequently then you'll probably see much more non-deterministic behavior. They will fight even more!
"can anything be done to actually change the Desktop Environment, so that more than just one location on the screen can be the icon region for a window?" This is actually part of the WM standard, changing this is a lot more involved than you probably realize. "why can't we simply have an option to have an animation's start/end point move to the cursor for minimizing/restoring, just like we have it for open/close?" You can, just ask Compiz for that feature. The animations are drawn by Compiz. However I make no promise that they would implement that. Personally, I think that is a bad solution and I wouldn't implement it. There is one option you seem to be missing: stop using Unity. Switch over to something else, like XFCE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Cairo- Dock Team, which is subscribed to Cairo-Dock Project. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077201 Title: Unity Launcher steals minimize app animation end point from other docks Status in Avant Window Navigator: New Status in Cairo-Dock : Core: New Status in Docky: Invalid Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: If I use a dock app other than Unity Launcher (e.g. Docky, AWN, Cairo Dock, Plank etc.) and use an animation for minimizing my open windows (for example, 'Magic Lamp'), the animation should be ending on my dock app's icon for that window. However, more often than not, Unity's Launcher steals that end point, so on minimizing the animation's end point goes to the Launcher instead on the other dock app as it should. Same thing with the start point for the restore animation. This is most frustrating for me, it looks disgusting. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,move,snap,grid,vpswitch,compiztoolbox,commands,regex,winrules,imgpng,animation,mousepoll,resize,place,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,workarounds,mag,expo,fade,session,scale,ezoom,unityshell,dbus] Date: Fri Nov 9 22:20:01 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64+mac (20120425.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/1077201/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~cairo-dock-team Post to : cairo-dock-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~cairo-dock-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
