Re: minimize-to-tile would make for a more seamless experience

["Jason D. Clinton" <me jasonclinton com>]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 13:47, Jason D. Clinton <me jasonclinton com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 13:15, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:23 AM, William Jon McCann
>>> Yes.   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=604237
>>>
>>> I thought we were on track for that but it seems not.  I recommend
>>> that everyone make that gconf change to disable min and max buttons
>>> though.  I've been using it that way.
>>
>> This might prove controversial, I think we'll need to put a FAQ on it on
>> gnome3.org to explain the design decision on it.  Personally, this will work
>> well as long as the transition to overview is fast enough.
>
> I could articulate the minimize removal rationale to someone who asks
> but what's the design rationale for the maximize button removal?
>
> What's the status of a "send to back" button to replace the
> functionality of minimize?
>
> Also, I would rather not make a video about these but I suspect the
> change will be interesting enough to warrant mention in the context of
> a winder video of the design principals.

Jon,

I know that you're busy but if you don't have time to answer the above
questions could you at least tell me if I'm making marketing assets
with or without these buttons?

Any communication would be helpful.