Julien,

This is here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651347



> Yes, except that there is no "sound menu" in gnome-shell.
>


>  I agree, but there is not such thing currently in gnome-shell.
>

Obviously. We probably wouldn't be having this discussion if those were
implemented.


>  The solutions you described before are perfect solutions to this problem,
> but none of them currently exist in gnome shell. As a real current user of
> gnome shell, I would love to see a solution based on
> what's currently already implemented: minimization.


Minimization does not exist in gnome shell, at least not as part of the new
workflow. It does exist as a vestigial trace of the old one, a sign of how
things used to work, but it has no place in the way things work now, and I
wouldn't be surprised if the ability to minimize totally disappears in 3.2,
even from the Alt+Space menu.


> When new solutions are developed, then - and only then - can minimization
> be declared obsolete.
>

Quite the opposite. Exposing underlying problems is a vital step to solve
them. Giving prominence to minimization "until a real solution arrives" is,
IMO, sweeping the dirt under the carpet. And it's a great way to make sure
that a real solution never comes.


> If they knew how to launch the application the first time, I guess the
> natural reaction to the window disappearing will to try to re-launch it,
> which will result in displaying it again.
>

That's the case with applications that only have one window, e.g. Totem. Not
with applications that can have multiple windows, e.g. Firefox, for which a
new, empty window is created.


> As I already said in another email, to avoid duplicity, just assign the
> close button to "minimize" for applications that need it. Then, specify it
> in the desktop file.
>

And whose work would that be? Gnome developers? Distributions? Me, my mom?
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