Re: Old window list behavior?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:35:47PM +0200, Aschwin van der Woude wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 01:44, Adam Jacob wrote:
> > I realize this sort of thing must get really old.. but is there a way to 
> > get the gnome 2 window list applet to show only the windows on a particular
> > desktop, plus any minimized windows on any other desktops?  This was possible
> > in gnome 1.4, but seems to at least not be an option in the gui config for
> > the new window list.
> 
> Please comment to this bug:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81222
> 
> Perhaps it will add some more persuasion to get the patch merged.
> 


What's needed is noted on the bug report:


------- Additional Comments From Havoc Pennington 2002-07-07 10:10
I think someone needs to step back and sort out the various ways the
window list can be used and decide which make sense and adjust the 
prefs accordingly. I don't feel like I have a good grasp of it.

------- Additional Comments From Havoc Pennington 2002-09-16 17:11
This is a good usability project for someone to think through.</hint>



Adding "me too!" comments is just annoying, don't do that.  Think
through all the ways to use the window list and analyze/explain the
pros/cons of each and which settings you use in each situation, so we
understand what's going on. Then we decide what to do.

A good start might be for people to explain which settings they use -
and here is the important part - *why* they use them, in concrete
terms.

Havoc