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[Daniel Fore <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay so it looks like Rico implemented one of those reports already. 
That was fast! So, we should now have solved the problem of showing 
badges or progressbars when there are no windows open.

So the remaining issue seems to be: If an app can be run in the 
background, should it's icon be present in the dock while it's running?

Personally, I don't think that's entirely necessary. But I guess that 
depends on what your main use for the dock is.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff 
<sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there no way to both a. Have the window closed and b. show it's 
> > icon in the dock while c. Not having the app pinned?
> >
> > It seems like a hack to open the window and then immediately 
> > minimize it. But I agree that having the icon available (when it 
> > makes sense) is a good thing. 
> >
> > Even if this this is not currently programically possible, don't we 
> > have the means to make it so? Either through libplank or libunity or 
> > a combination of the two?
>
> libunity's LauncherAPI doesn't provide a way to tell "show this 
> launcher" or "hide this launcher", but we can make Plank show apps 
> with a visible badge or progressbar regardless of their window 
> visibility. I've filed that as a wishlist bug: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-dock/+bug/1155790
>
> Without making any libunity notifications, we're fine as long as we 
> don't need to show a dock icon without opening an app window, showing 
> a badge or progressbar on it, or pinning it.
>
> There's another bug that's a blocker for this use case, 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-dock/+bug/1155789 but it doesn't 
> look too tough.
>  
> > Let's not try to derail discussion about what is a "real" service or 
> > what the HIG may or may not recommend about architecture. Lets try 
> > to keep to what exactly the problem we're having is and how we can 
> > solve that problem most cleanly. 
>
> The problems brought up so far are: 
>
> 1) How do we handle hiding Noise
>     * Minimize + 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/gala/+spec/minimized-as-closed
>     * Close to Slingshot/Indicator
>     * Voodoo?
> 2) How do we handle running monitor-and-notify daemons, such as 
> update-manager, email client, microblogging client, etc.
>     * 
> https://lists.launchpad.net/elementary-dev-community/msg02076.html
>     * Any other suggestions?
> 3) What the hell does the speculation on front-end and back-end 
> separation do in HIG
>     * Find out what the original author intended, check facts and 
> if they're true, add rationale to the article
>     * Kill it with fire ASAP and investigate later
>
> If trying to figure out and fix a controversial part of the HIG 
> article counts as derailing the discussion, I can start a new tread 
> about it, no problem. Shall I?
>
> --
> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
> OS architect @ elementary