Re: Comments on View Modes

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2010, at 14:58 , Kenneth Rohde Christiansen wrote:
>> I believe the 'all' is is not that useful as that is the same as not
>> declaring anything. This comment has been given by others.
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> I've removed it.
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>> The 'application' mode doesn't sounds like a view mode but more like a
>> state. Suggestions could be 'windowed' or maybe 'standalone'.
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> I've changed application to windowed, pending implementer feedback (notably from Opera).

I can live with it (I have to admit its better than application).

>> But
>> maybe instead we should go for something like: "docked", "floating",
>> "minimized", "normal" and "maximized". Those really seem like view
>> modes to me.
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> I'm guessing from the above that you'd rename "windowed" to "normal"? I don't think that's a very good name, there's nothing particularly normal about it (I run almost everything full screen despite OSX being quite amazingly bad at such a simple task).
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> What's docked meant to be?
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>> The mode "minimized" might seem useless at first, but I added for completeness.
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> When minimised I might want to convey information through my icon alone — that's useful.
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