Re: Suggestion: CDE style minimizing to desktop

[Tiago Souza <souza mandriva com>]

Hello Jordan

Jordan Mendler wrote:
> I had a suggestion, but I am not sure if this is a correct place to post
> it, so please let me know if it isn't. I think GNOME should integrate
> the ability to minimize windows to a desktop icon as is the case with
> CDE. I like GNOME a lot better than any other desktop environment,
> except when it comes to managing lots of servers I use CDE solely
> because of this feature. For those that haven't used CDE, by clicking a
> button on a windows title bar's (located in the top right next to
> maximize), CDE will minimize the window to a desktop icon. Then to
> restore the window you just double-click the respective window's icon
> from the desktop. This is very useful because it allows you to have tons
> of programs open and easily accessible without occupying monitor space
> like with the gnome-panel. In my case, I keep an ssh session open to
> every server we have. When I am not using a particular server I just
> minimize the terminal to an icon on the desktop and it is completely out
> of the way. When I need to access any given system I just go to the
> desktop and can very easily locate and open whichever server I need.

You mean like minimizing the window to the system tray? That would also 
work the way you described right?

Best Regards


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    Tiago Souza
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