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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it really necessary to indicate which windows are hidden? I mean if you
cannot see it you can assume that it's hidden or somewhere else. Even if it
is hidden, it can still be accessed with alt+tab or super+("S" is it? I'm
not on a Ubuntu machine at the moment) so there is a minimal practical
difference between a window being hidden or not. I'm using Windows 7 for
games and Adobe Creative Suite and what I can see they don't show which
applications are hidden.

2011/5/4 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>

> Version 0.3:
> http://i.imgur.com/O7cfm.png
> Sorry...
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist
> > <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Can't we continue the discussion here since we are already arguing here?
> >
> > I think we should split it then, change the subject to something like
> > improving Unity for window-centric workflow (was: Idea for improving
> > visibility of running applications)
> >
> >> So what exactly is the mockup showing? Is the wider background box
> showing
> >> the currently focused application and FF and TB are hidden? Please
> provide
> >> us with further explaining of what is what in the mockup since the left
> >> launcher is already a configurable option in CCSM. One thing I noted
> >> immediately is the lack of the subtle background boxes in the right
> >> launcher. I don't think that is a good idea since those boxes gives
> >> uniformity to the launcher between the different states when a squared
> icon
> >> set isn't used. I don't think it would work well with the default icon
> set.
> >
> > FF/TB and banshee show two different possible solution for running
> > applications: a light thin highlight around the icons or a larger
> > rectangle background. I didn't show any mockup for hidden apps. The
> > background boxes are more a matter of taste, it works well without
> > them for those square icons but it could work for all I think (look at
> > the Windows and OS X "docks"). But I'm open to that, though at least
> > I'd get rid of the highlights at the top and bottom and make them more
> > bland to increase the difference between highlighted running and
> > non-highlighted not running apps.
> >
> > Here's a new mockup that hopefully answers your points:
> > http://i.imgur.com/L55Yk.png
> > In case of Design B all background boxes would need to have the same
> > size as the color background.
> >
>
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