View Poll Results: Is Minimizing a Thing of the Past
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Can I at least have the option to have a minimize button?...
- 01-21-2012 #11Trusted Penguin
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To sum it up...
Can I at least have the option to have a minimize button?Jay
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- 01-21-2012 #12Linux Guru
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Succinctly put Jayd!
Originally Posted by jayd512 
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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When/if they get rid of my minimize button, I will learn to code and put it right back and of course share.
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Half-baked pseudo code: Originally Posted by MikeTbob When/if they get rid of my minimize button, I will learn to code and put it right back and of course share.
Register button click/release with callback to process event.
In process event, send message to correct window to minimize itself.
Handle errors.
Take wife to lunch.
Take kids to park.
Have dinner (pizza is good).
Watch CSI on the tube.
Read email.
Answer some questions on The Linux Forums.
Have a nightcap.
Go to bed.
Done.Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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No way. I feel like it is a very important part of any modern desktop. I use minimize/maximize every day
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Wow so that's quite a consensus.....maybe I'll head over to the gnome devs site and post a link to this, they probably won't appreciate it though. After reading through their mailing lists I understand why Canonical made their own DE, the devs over with gnome do take an approach of "we know best", clearly they don't
To be fair, I don't hate gnome-shell, but, not having a minimize option is frustrating
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Well, 12 of 13 responses is certainly telling, if you are into predictive analytics, but hardly a large enough sample space to draw real conclusions. I'd let this poll "stew" awhile to see how many others respond to it. I know there was a bit of confusion in my mind initially as to what exactly you were getting at. After some codgertation (old dude, thinking), I realized what you were getting at, and the subsequent responses have clarified that. So, as I said, let it stew! Originally Posted by jmadero Wow so that's quite a consensus.....maybe I'll head over to the gnome devs site and post a link to this, they probably won't appreciate it though. After reading through their mailing lists I understand why Canonical made their own DE, the devs over with gnome do take an approach of "we know best", clearly they don't To be fair, I don't hate gnome-shell, but, not having a minimize option is frustrating
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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Yeah we need 30 minimum to be a scientifically valid sample size
Also I would argue that this isn't very random but that's okay, they'll get my point that a lot of people, including moderators of the most popular linux forum, think the idea is not very functional Bodhi 1.3 & Bodhi 1.4 using E17
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I tend to work with windows maximized and usually have upto 4 applications open at a time. I tend to switch between windows selecting them on the taskbar ...
Sometimes I tile a couple of windows or resize one window so that I can read one window while working in another ... I use close, and restore/maximize but it is very rare for me to use the minimize button.
... btw I think you can change the buttons in gnome3 implied here
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