Re: Sticky Windows

[Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec suse cz>]

Kalle Vahlman wrote:

> I remember seeing an equivalent feature in that modern window manager
> called "twm". Only in that it wasn't restricted to the screen edges,
> it was anywhere on the desktop area!

I remember this feature from my AmigaOS 15 years ago.

But AmigaOS implemented it better allowing to send key events to
minimized applications: Simply putting mouse pointer over the icon and
entering commands into minimized terminal or press shortcuts for
minimized editor was really cool.

It is definitely missing in GNOME - both minimized windows as desktop
icons (as an alternative to windows list) and minimized window events.


>From usability experience, "Sticky windows" and "Iconified windows" are
different from "Windows Lists", because it exercises different type of
human perception.

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Best Regards / S pozdravem,

Stanislav Brabec
software developer
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