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[Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 17:52, Jan-Christoph Borchardt
<inquata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22 May 2010 17:21, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 17:12, Bob Hazard <linuxoflondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> RISC OS used to have a Send To Back button on the left next to Close,
>>> with min/max on the right
>>
>> so .. was it usable?
>
> I did not use RISC OS but can imagine having a hard time memorizing
> the sequence of layered applications.
>
> The simple solution to get rid of the bottom panel is to just move the
> Window List applet to the space in the top panel.
>

Ubuntu has a send to back function right now. Middle click on the
window title will send the window to the back. It's a nice replacement
for minimizing. It doesn't have to replace it though. "Send to back"
is useful if you don't need a window right now, but want to keep it
around. It works best if windows aren't maximized, i.e. Mac behaviour.
Minimize is useful if you don't want to use the window at all for some
time.

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Remco