Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?

To: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?
From: Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:08:10 +0100
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And if anyone is willing and able to fix gnome-panel to make long-lived
minimized windows more compact, please submit patches for that too. :-)

Is there a reason why DockbarX is not suitable for this? I've attached a screenshot incase people dunno what I'm talking about :)

Luke.

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Follow-Ups:
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- [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?
  - From: Luke Benstead
- Re: [Ayatana] Is it time we killed "minimize to tray" ?
  - From: Matthew Paul Thomas