2011/6/23 Sam Spilsbury <smspil...@gmail.com> > > > > 2) You (meaning Canonical) accept the fact that people post requests in > > which they demand changes to the system. But Canonical should then make > > clear that they do not want any extra work from non-canonical members > > because they are not willing to maintain patches from users. So do not > > post any messages on planet.ubuntu or anywhere to get people to fix > > bugs, as I deem this insolent. Canonical cannot request users to work > > for free on those bugs they deem worthy to be worked on but completely > > ignore those bugs in which they are not interested. > > Bugfixing is not the same as adding functionality or changing the > direction of the design of the project. The design team and the > ayatana community have worked hard to create a design vision for > Unity, and it is clear that we want something that is consistent with > the goals of Canonical Design and Ayatana. Thus, those who create the > product have a voice in the direction it goes in. This is no different > to the way it works in KDE, or GNOME or any other distribution with > module proposals and the like. >
Indeed. But as you can see from the community response to this design choice, there *is* an issue here and this issue might merit reconsideration in the design. SRoesgen summed things up succinctly: when you click on an icon, you expect something to happen. When nothing happens, the icon feels broken. *What* should happen is something that the design team can and should consider. A few people have suggested minimization - rejected - but there are other, potentially even better, possibilities. Why am I being so persistent here? Because several users I support have commented on this behavior spontaneously - and I had nothing better to offer other than "it's by design" (reply: "what?") and that Unity is still under heavy development (reply: "ah, so they'll fix it"). Anecdotal evidence but easily reproducible. Just place someone in front an Ubuntu laptop, let him go about his daily tasks (browsing, messaging, maybe edit a document) and have him comment on his actions and feelings. It won't take long, especially if he uses a low-resolution monitor (e.g. 1366x768) which requires frequent window management. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733349 Title: Minimize Application's Windows upon clicking it's Launcher Icon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/733349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
