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[Voldyman <voldyman666@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 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.

Its not a matter of resources but of usability. When ever i have more windows/applications open its becomes a little messy to manage. Although Window overview(?/expo) is very helpful but still some sort of indicators are needed.
Btw workspace overview is used less than expo or alt+tab and using overview to find apps feels a like an overkill.

On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
> 
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