Re: [Usability] Changing the taskbar semantics

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Maurizio,

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Maurizio Colucci wrote:

> Could the taskbar become a list of (open) application instances?

I would really dislike such a change. The reason is that GNOME is moving 
away from an application-centric view towards a document-centric view. 
For example, the fact that you're using Epiphany to view a webpage is 
hidden in the about-box.

Stressing which applications are open, instead of which windows are 
open, works in the opposite direction. Personally I don't think the user 
needs to remember which application is used to handle her data, as long 
as she can perform her tasks well.

regards,

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