Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

[Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com>]

On 23 Feb 2011, at 00:21, Owen Taylor wrote:

> Why do people minimize windows?
> ===============================

I'd also add to your list:

* To hide a window in which a background task is ongoing. Minimizing the window allows the user to monitor the progress in the window list button (assuming progress is shown in the title bar, which ought to be the case), and to be alerted when the task has either finished or encountered a problem (when the window list button flashes), without being distracted by the window itself.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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