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["Scott E. Armitage" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I disagree. If the menu options clearly invite you to DTRT, then you
> shouldn't have to worry about things like "the process is running". You
> click on the menu, you start watching email, you get notifications, you jump
> to your relevant email folder.
>
> Mark
>

Yes and no.. I agree that you shouldn't have to worry about it, but there
should still be some sort of visual indicator. Just as an example, the OS X
dock leaves a little blue indicator below icons of processes that are
running, but for which you have closed all windows. It does not affect the *
behaviour* of the dock (clicking the icon will still either focus the most
recent window or, if there are none open, start a new one), but the user *
can* see the difference.

-Scott

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Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate
Space Flight Laboratory
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6