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[Tommy Bongaerts <tommy.bongaerts@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 11:35:07PM -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> On 31 August 2011 11:08, Omer Akram <oakram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At the moment is does indeed look weird with the colored buttons,
> > the minimize button is supposed to be dimmed out and not
> > clickable, close should close and maximize button should toggle
> > between the states of the dash i.e. fullscreen/desktop dash.
> > Nothing could be more friendly for a first time user of Unity to
> > close the dash IMO. see the attached image its supposed to look
> > like that soon I believe.
> 
> Why show the minimize button at all if it won't do anything?
> 
> For instance, System Settings only has a minimize and close button
> because maximizing is impossible. Unity should do similar and hide
> the redundant (or non-working) minimize button.

I still think it shouldn't have any widgets at all. It is not a
window. It just doesn't make sense to give it those widgets.

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