I can confirm this behavior in my fully up to date oneric and it is very, very inconvenient for any kind of multitasking. I did not notice this issue until updates on October 18, 2011.
I've been playing with it a bit and have noticed it does not occur in all apps for me, but it does seem to occur in most... To test, I open two windows, minimize one, then activate spread. On my system nautilus displays correct behavior; both windows (even the minimized one) show up in the spread and are clickable. On the other hand, both Pidgin and Firefox are not handled correctly. In Firefox the minimized window will display white with decoration. In pidgin, minimized windows disappear completely from the spread, but can still be activated by clicking where they should be. I'm not a software developer/fixer, so I don't know at all if this is related, but it seems like it could be since it was in the changelog of the most recent updates: Bug #863328: Launcher - If a spread contains minimised windows, when the spread exits, the minimised windows momentarily appear on the desktop before disappearing I'm running the stable version of the proprietary NVIDIA driver (default from the repos). I can provide any info that might be needed, as long as there is a little guidance as to how to go about retrieving it. (I'm new at bug reporting, so sorry if I'm not the most helpful). ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of a Missing Conversation Window in Pidgin" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/877577/+attachment/2561822/+files/Screenshot%20at%202011-10-19%2018%3A49%3A19%20-%20Pidgin%20with%20Conversation%20Window%20Minimized%20then%20Spread.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877577 Title: With an app that opens multiple windows, if one of the windows is minimized then in spread it is not shown, but there To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/877577/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
