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[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>]

> Minimize should be deprecated, because it was a workaround for "hide"
> window", which would have been a non-reversible gesture without tools
> like docky or the unity launcher now, or the window list back then.
> Minimize is a synonym for "iconify", now list to me the situations in
> which you want a program main window to be iconified onto a certain
> part of the screen?!


Actually, I've been a supporter of killing minimization for years. My
suggestions in this thread are more for legacy purposes, as I don't
see the removal of such a taken-for-granted feature being seriously
adopted any time soon.