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Re: Where is the API for proxy icons?
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Re: Where is the API for proxy icons?


  • Subject: Re: Where is the API for proxy icons?
  • From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:22:36 -0800

On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:05 AM, j o a r wrote:


On 2005-01-04, at 16.52, John Stiles wrote:

Wow, never noticed that before :)
OK, you want me to file the bug, or do you want to do it?

I won't, as I found that to be kind of nice for non-document windows. Perhaps even fit to be a new UI guideline... :)


Why not help the user associate windows with their application? Uli said that "you already have your app's name in the menu bar and its icon in the dock to tell the user which app the window belongs to", but neither of these two things can help a user find out what app a window belongs to unless it's the key window, or if you bring the app forward by clicking in the window.

Here's one reason--you can drag the proxy icon to create Shark aliases on the desktop. That's certainly not a feature I wanted :) If they want app badging in title bars, they need to use a more supported technique so goofy things like that don't happen.


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