Re: Window manager interaction

[Aria Stewart]

On Oct 18, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Wolfgang Lux wrote:
> I feel unsure about mac-style menus. Classic Mac OS was similar to  
> OS X and NeXTstep in that applications normally did not quit when  
> their last window is closed. You could also hide and unhide  
> applications as on OS X. For that reason I would think the right  
> default for mac-style menus would me NO.
>
> On the other hand, Classic Mac OS also had an application switcher,  
> a menu at the right end of the menubar that allowed you to switch to  
> any running application (whether hidden or not). Yet, I expect that  
> it is unlikely that anybody would (want to) implement such an  
> application switcher for Mac style menus, so returning YES makes  
> sense to me too.

Could have a dock ... And actually, if good specs get written for  
handling drawing on app icons in a cross-environment manner, it'd be a  
prime opportunity for Gnustep to shine. Write a good dock and let the  
gnome folks get all excited about using it.