@Bazon
We could discuss whether we should label any context menu entry of the dock 
"hide (application)" or "hide all windows". I'm open to such discussion. 
However I'm against it for several reasons:

Application in this context are an abstraction, an abstraction which is
already exposed via the Quit entry in the dock. It doesn't say "close
all windows" which could be something different: On OS X for example you
can have applications running without any associated windows, this makes
sense as a replacement to the "close to tray" found in window-centric
environments (together with overlay progress bars and counters on
launcher icons). In Unity application are visually represented by 3
different interface elements: windows, launcher icon and application
menu (global menu). Closing or hiding all windows (of an application)
doesn't necessarily switch the "focused" menu to a different
*application*, again, it doesn't in OS X. If it says "hide application"
it's consistent and clear and for everyone, people coming from OS X and
from other platforms.

Finally a simple "hide all windows" entry is ambiguous - does it mean
ALL all windows or just all windows of a single application? For new
users/user coming from Windows (where they have exactly such context
menu in the taskbar that hides all windows and shows the desktop) this
at least could cause some initial confusion which could be easily
avoided and a "Close all Home Folder windows" is clunky to say the
least.

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  Hide Applications upon clicking on Launcher Icons

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