On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 06:34:05PM -0400, Alex Graveley wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 08:14, Michael Petnuch wrote: > > OTOH, Apple takes a little different approach. Instead of showing you the > > program name and icon it shows you the entire window (only when its > > minimized though, otherwise it would clutter too much). This I think is > > very cool becuase (1) one it more visual and (2) its easier to switch to the > > program I want. > > Enlightenment has been doing this for the last two years or so. I found > it remarkably useless when I played with it back then. In some cases yes... however, a lot of times a snapshot of say, a terminal window is a heck of a lot more helpful than a list of windows all called "Terminal". Being able to see if it's a window with code in it, or your mail session, or [random whatever] can be quite an asset. My $0.02 Alan -- Alan "Arcterex" <alan ufies org> -=][=- http://arcterex.net "I used to herd dairy cows. Now I herd lusers. Apart from the isolation, I think I preferred the cows. They were better conversation, easier to milk, and if they annoyed me enough, I could shoot them and eat them." -Rodger Donaldson
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