Re: [Usability] Changing the taskbar semantics

[Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>]

On Wednesday 01 September 2004 10:35, Julien Olivier wrote:
> (snip)
>
> > What about it?
>
> Actually, what you propose is already doable by setting a preference in
> GIMP:
>
> Go to File -> Preferences -> Window Management -> Window Type Hints
>
> Here, change "Window Type Hint for the Toolbox" from "Normal Window" to
> "Utility Window". And do the same for "Window Type Hint for the Docks".
>
> Now, restart GIMP, and voilà !
>
> >From now on, you will only see pictures (instances) in the taskbar, not
>
> the toolbox and the docks.
>
> Isn't it what you suggested ?
>
> Maybe you should ask GIMP developers to default to this behaviour ?

This is good news, but it only solved the problem for gimp. (I was hoping for 
a general way to take always the right decision automatically :-))

Or are you suggesting that, in general, the taskbar should take the hints into 
account? With what logic exactly?

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Maurizio Colucci
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