Comment 2 for bug 733349

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mlaverdiere (mlaverdiere) wrote : Re: Natty: Unity launcher buttons should allow to minimize apps, not just launch/restore

@Mirco: Thanks for explaining what the intended behaviour is, Now, let's talk about the expected behaviour! ;-)

More seriously: I'm testing Natty/Unity since 2 months now and I still miss the minimize function upon reclicking on the launcher icon. Again, rightly or wrongly, this is how other desktop behaves and since many of us have to use these other environments (namely various Win flavours) from time to time, I think this expectation won't go away...

My suggestion would be to modify the interaction-design/process like this (*=my modification proposal/2 cents!):

1) start it, if it hasn't been started yet;
*2) restore it, if it is minimized;
*3) focus the app, if it's started, not minimized and has not the focus yet;
4) spread windows (of app), if app is focused and has multiple windows open;
*5) minimize it if it is in spread-mode (see 4).

Consider this a wish!

Thanks.