On 7/30/07, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While we're on the subject of minimising, how do people think it > > should work? I prefer the minimise-in-place concept to the minimise- > > to-dock version, since it scales better and helps preserve spacial > > memory. If minimised windows have a proper mini-window, then the > > switcher could just show them along with other windows (perhaps with > > a different border?). > > I had totally forgotten about minimize in place -- I actually really > love that solution, and it worked very well when I tested it on OS X > via a 3rd party plugin. What's really nice about it is that when > using something like Expose along with it, you can still see all the > windows you have open (versus minimize to the dock, which causes > Expose to ignore those windows).
Minimize in place is good idea when there is no file icons on the desktop, which is probably what we want to do. It is interesting, and there are a couple choices of implementation, from generate an image on desktop as a fake minimized window or using x.org composition for a real minimized window. Then how about hiddien-in-place ? When you hide an application, it shows an icon on the desktop, which you can move around and click again. But all these minimized and hidden windows will be covered by other windows. So you have to use 'show desktop' to see them. In another word, unlink dock which allows you to switch at the same place (border of screen) you temporarily remove all active windows in order to switch. So probably top-right corner give you a Expose-like layer showing all windows, and top-left corner give you the desktop, which has minimized windows and hidden application. Comments ? Yen-Ju > > J. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss > _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
