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[Marco Antonio Biscaro <marcobiscaro2112@xxxxxxxxx>]

This solution was already proposed. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/733349/comments/58

I think that there is nothing more to discusse about this. It's already
obvious that the minimize function is a good idea and it's expected by a lot
of users. Beside this, IMO, the best solution is already proposed.

What we need to do now is wait. The UDS-O will occur this week and I'm
almost sure that this will be one of the points of discussion. And I believe
this solution will be implemented for Oneiric.

2011/5/8 Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>

> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Stefanos A. <stapostol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 2011/5/8 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> I think that's the best implementation of taskbar meats dock offering
> >> all functions of both without sacrificing too much.
> >> But I'm not sure that's what you after. You are asking for a primary
> >> window-centric launcher. That doesn't exist, it's not possible to do
> >> without turning the launcher into something else, i.e. back into a
> >> taskbar.
> >
> > Let's attempt to think outside the box for a moment.
> >
> > The problem: clicking an application icon launches/restores the
> application
> > in question. Clicking the icon again does *not* minimize the application,
> as
> > most users would expect coming from the previous version of Ubuntu.
> > The current approach: this is a dock, not a taskbar, and thus does not
> offer
> > window management functions.
> > A potential solution:
> > - (if application is not launched) click launches application
> > - (if a single application window exists)
> > - - (if application window is not active/focused) click
> raises/maps/focuses
> > the window
> > - - (new: if application window is active/focused) click minimizes the
> > window
> > - (if multiple application windows exist)
> > - - (if not in expose mode) click activates expose mode
> > - - (new: if in expose mode) click minimizes all windows and leaves
> expose
> > mode
> > The two "new:" items form the proposal. The current dock has some minimal
> > window management capabilities (raise/map, expose) - this is the simplest
> > natural extension to those capabilities (minimize/unmap, remove expose)
> to
> > achieve the functionality expected by the users. The dock remains an
> > application-centric dock, without becoming a window-centric taskbar
> hybrid.
> > Arguments/comments welcome!
>
> I quite like it.
>
> Evan
>
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