Jordan Mendler wrote: > I had a suggestion, but I am not sure if this is a correct place to post > it, so please let me know if it isn't. I think GNOME should integrate > the ability to minimize windows to a desktop icon as is the case with > CDE. I like GNOME a lot better than any other desktop environment, > except when it comes to managing lots of servers I use CDE solely > because of this feature. For those that haven't used CDE, by clicking a > button on a windows title bar's (located in the top right next to > maximize), CDE will minimize the window to a desktop icon. Then to > restore the window you just double-click the respective window's icon > from the desktop. This is very useful because it allows you to have tons > of programs open and easily accessible without occupying monitor space > like with the gnome-panel. In my case, I keep an ssh session open to > every server we have. When I am not using a particular server I just > minimize the terminal to an icon on the desktop and it is completely out > of the way. When I need to access any given system I just go to the > desktop and can very easily locate and open whichever server I need. > > Unfortunately I do not know how to program so I can't do this myself, > but I thought it would be a really neat and useful feature to be > considered in subsequent GNOME releases, or possible as an add-on. If > GNOME added at 4th button to the top-right of each windows so you can > either exit, maximize/restore windows size, minimize to panel, or > minimize to desktop I think that would be pretty unique and bad ass. At > work, I know of at least 2 other administrators that use CDE over GNOME > for this reason alone. Of course this also means having to have a second > workstation running GNOME for all my non-terminal needs since CDE is > otherwise pretty lousy. If GNOME had this feature I could very easily > have a panel open for email, web, documents, etc and then just keep all > the ssh sessions minimized to the desktop of the same system. > > Please post any comments or thoughts on this matter. Or, if something > like this already exists as an add-on or option somewhere please let me > know. I would be imagine there are a lot of other people that have run > into this same kind of problem with GNOME, KDE and the like. > If you are worried about desktop real estate, you might want to try the "window selector" panel applet. This is appears as a simple menu. This works pretty well for a single small panel setup, and leaves room for other applets.
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