[Pan-users] Re: Toggling the Task Window?

[Duncan]

walt <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Tue, 27 Mar 2007
01:34:28 +0000:

> When I click on 'Tasks' at the bottom left of the status bar, naturally
> I want to see the Tasks window -- what else!
> 
> However, once I've seen the Tasks window and finished whatever business
> I had there, I invariably click a second time on 'Tasks' at the bottom
> left of the status bar, assuming that it will toggle OFF the Tasks
> window -- but no, it doesn't.
> 
> Before I submit a new-feature request on the gnome.org bugs website, I'd
> like to get some feedback from you propeller-heads who hang out here.
> 
> I think that many clickable icons should be toggle switches.  What do
> you think?

I like the idea.  From here, it's one of those profound ideas that are so 
simple (in retrospect) I wonder why I didn't think of it. =8^)

However, I'm unsure how difficult it might be to implement.  I don't see 
a reason it should be really hard, but the separate window close might 
not be simple, either.  I'm also unsure whether it'd be acceptable within 
the GTK/GNOME usability guidelines, given the fact that having it toggle 
closed an entirely separate window (as opposed to closing that window 
from itself) might be considered unintuitive to some.  Finally, I haven't 
the foggiest what Charles might think about the idea.  I guess that's a 
reflection of just how unique the idea is. (And yes, I really /do/ wish 
I'd thought of it! =8^)

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.  It's definitely "thinking outside the 
box", as they say, but seems entirely logical once one thinks about it, 
and as such, it should be interesting to see what the reaction of others 
is. =8^)

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