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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ill have to think on that more, but on first thought I think it's a good
idea to indicate them on the launcher as the presence of a running app
changes the behavior of that particular launcher. (Launching a new window
versus focusing on an existing one).

Spatial concerns can be addressed by using a different indication method
(background glow, for instance).

Thoughts?
On Sep 18, 2012 11:03 AM, "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
>
> elementaryos.org
>
>
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