> > >> Well, I was talking about Gnome 2. About how minimization used to give my > mom hell, and how after minimizing she would press the launcher again, > expecting to get her previous window back. > > >> Absolutely not. I would do it for Banshee, Rhythmbox, Transmission, >> Evolution and Empathy. >> > > That's funny, because Firefox was precisely the app she had trouble with. > Basically because it was the one she always used. > > Your solution would therefore do nothing to improve the situation for her. > Rather than hand-picking the particular apps we want to correct, I think > it's better to use a system where no application at all will cause those > problems. > > This problem that your mom experienced with GNOME 2 is orthogonal to the issue of minimization, and is one that GNOME Shell has already solved. If a user launches an already running application from the dock, the running instance is presented to the user, whether it is minimized or in some other obscured state.
Jesse
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