Comment 40 for bug 91784

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: [Bug 91784] Re: The modal behavior of "Show Desktop" is confusing

Travis I've been saying this for at least 2 years, no? :P

On 8 November 2010 01:02, Travis Watkins <email address hidden> wrote:

> So the best way of making the current functionality understandable is to
> fix the showdesktop bugs and tweak it a bit. Basically instead of
> showdesktop moving windows it should shape their input away, move their
> _textures_ to the sides of the screen, draw a black bar around the edge
> of the screen, and make it so when you click on the edge you exit show
> desktop mode. Also, opening new windows should not exit show desktop
> mode but trying to show a current hidden window should.
>
> Yes, I realize this is exactly how OS X does it but that's sort of the
> point; we like that method of doing it but never quite got there.
>
> ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz)
>
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> The modal behavior of "Show Desktop" is confusing
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91784
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