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[Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 15:54 +0100, Yann Lossouarn wrote:
> IMO, Minimize and Maximize features should not be considered as a
> "pack" : accepting to lose maximize does not mean losing minimize
> would
> be acceptable as well.

I agree and that wasn't my intent.  I use minimize regularly.  I find
double clicking the title bar for maximize far more intuitive, tho.  My
use case might be skewed as I have multiple monitors and desktops. 

My point was to see if there was similar construct that could be used
for minimize and possibly other windows functions, in lieu of targeting
an increasingly smaller button ever time.

Some ideas with varying degrees of stupidity: (feel free to giggle)
o Gestures
o A footer on the window that you can click for minimize
o Desktop hotspots that when a window is drug to it, it conforms to a
particular geometry. (Is that a Windoze 7 thing?)
o Windows Snapping
o Windows Inertia or Physics (Could be related to gestures)
o Hidden doodads under the panels

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