Re: [Usability] GNOME UI principle: All applications should saveinternal state?

[Nadyne Mielke <nmielke acm org>]

At 07:27 AM 4/5/2004, Sean Middleditch wrote:

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> Also, speaking of raising windows, what happens (or should happen) when
> that window is on another workspace?  Should the window be moved to the
> current workspace?  Should the user be taken to that window's
> workspace?  If the window is brought to the current workspace, could be
> that be confusing for the user when they switch back to the window's
> original workspace and find it missing?  What is the right behaviour?

My gut reaction is that there is no general answer to this question, so we 
should ask the user what they want to happen.  For example, I might want my 
media player to be moved between workspaces, but not my development project.

But my gut could be wrong.  There might be a general answer, which would be 
uncovered in a usability test.

/nm