Setting the size to 0 is fairly the same as having them disabled. So I don't really see the need in such an extra key, although adding one is easy. If you insist please file an elementary-tagged bug.
Rico Am 20.09.2012 01:49, schrieb Daniel Foré: > Well the idea is that our default apps already more-or-less behave like > this and we're kind of pushing 3rd party devs to follow along. > > But it sounds like overall there is a pretty strong desire for the > option to re-enable them for now. Which I think is 100% fair considering > we're in the very beginnings of this transition period. > > Rico, would it be terribly difficult to add a key to enable/disable the > running indicators instead of relying on setting their size to 0? > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Craig <webe...@gmail.com > <mailto:webe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Isn't that kind of like pulling all street signs/traffic lights in > excited anticipation for the day when cars have traffic data > projected onto the windshield via HUD? > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Sam Tate <s...@mtate.me.uk > <mailto:s...@mtate.me.uk>> wrote: > > In the long run (L+1 or even L+2), I want there to be no > difference between an open and closed app. Computers are fast > enough now (esp. with Luna) that you don't really notice the > extra delay when you open an app rather than restoring from > Minimize. > I also want apps to save their state for when you re-open them, > and for the system (not the user) to handle memory management. > > However, these are things that need not be addressed now, and I > will go into in more detail (probably with a blog post) closer > to the time. > > For now, I much prefer the removal of indicators as it moves us > towards this vision. > > SamTate > > > On 19 September 2012 00:39, ttosttos Sa <ttost...@gmail.com > <mailto:ttost...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > +1 on running app indicators unless a simple, _mouse only_ > expose for app windows is available (e.g. long hover over > dock icon exposing running screens). There are useful apps > that don't support tabs and, even for those that do, you may > still want to run multiple windows with different parameters > (e.g. a browser with private and non-private settings). > Switching focus to a particular instance of an app is a bit > involved today. > > --ttosttos > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Daniel Foré > <dan...@elementaryos.org <mailto:dan...@elementaryos.org>> > wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > I've seen a few mails/reports about the current lack of > running app indicators in Luna. I wanted to get a feel > for how people who have been using Luna for a while feel > about it. Namely, is this something people are > complaining about because they expect it and aren't used > to it yet, or is this a real problem? > > Personally, I don't miss them at all. I haven't used > them for almost a year now (When Gala was just a dream > haha). Luna is so good on resources that it hardly > matters if an app is open or not and you can easily see > if something is open from Gala's Workspace Overview > since minimize isn't part of our regular workflow. But > it also has the added benefit of saving a few pixels on > the bottom of the dock (since our OOTB default is > hide-on-maximize and not intelli or autohide I think > keep the dock small is still important). > > If we do decide that running app indicators are > important, would it be terribly difficult to make this a > switch in the desktop plug? We may need to ask Rico to > add a key for this since I think we wouldn't want to > have this update for every user on the system (since the > theming is currently stored globally). Because I do > think that there are probably a significant amount of > people for which the running indicators just aren't > terribly useful in Luna and it could still remain as the > default. But hey, that's why I am asking! > > Best Regards, > > Daniel Foré > > elementaryos.org <http://elementaryos.org> > > > -- > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > Post to : > elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-dev-community> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Daniel Foré > > elementaryos.org <http://elementaryos.org> > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp