Re: My opinions on Gnome Shell

[Simon Booth <simon booth giric com>]

On 20/06/11 15:50, David Prieto wrote:

> My point exactly. We've been minimizing for so many years that it's
> begun the "default" solution for every problem. There are other
> solutions, some of them as good if not better; but it makes sense that
> we want to go running back to minimization every time we want not to see
> something for whatever the reason.
> 

The crux, to me, is "hiding" rather than getting hung up on terminology
like minimizing.

> When all you've got is a hammer, they say, every problem starts looking
> like a nail.
>  

But currently, workspace switching to hide a window feels a little like
using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. ;-)