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> It's useful if you have stuff on the desktop (like I do). If the desktop is nothing but wallpaper space, then minimizing windows make little sense - just get
by X-Istence 16y ago
> It's useful if you have stuff on the desktop (like I do). If the desktop is nothing but wallpaper space, then minimizing windows make little sense - just get your windows on the front (which is hard to do without a dock)
At times (especially at work) I will have many different windows open at the same time. Exposé at that time will become very cluttered and it will be very hard to find the window I want, minimising removes that because now the windows I do want are bigger than the small minimised ones.
From looking at more screenshots from Gnome 3 it looks like their "activities" overview is a lot like Exposé.
- rbanffy 16y agoI tend to have them maximized, which blocks the clutter, but, then, the maximize (or "let me focus on this") button never worked properly in Macs. This is somewhat addressed with the full-screen apps on Lion. When I have to use more than one window, I use the "Always on top" option on the WM. Since it's usually a terminal, I can make it small and leave it near a corner or on another screen. Having said that, Xcode seems fond on lots of windows. I don't think my approach would work.
- xiongchiamiov 16y agoAs stated in the article, spreading windows across more virtual desktops prevents clutter. I've been using a tiling window manager for a few years now, so now that I've just gotten a new work MacBook, I don't minimize windows, ever (or use the dock, for that matter).