remove or keep the activity view in the window list

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

 On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:33:50 +0200, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:18:47 Fania Bremmer wrote:
>> ok, but if it has this switching interaction, please dont use the 
>> logo
>> as an icon for that. then we should look for something that 
>> underlines
>> that switching part... we should just insert it, observe users 
>> trying
>> it, and then decide how we use it in active - would that be fine? I
>> guess we all noted, that something for quick switching is missing...
>> lets find out what will be the best option for that.
>
> personally, i think we should wait for user feedback. if we start
> hearing that
> needing to jump back to the app would be great, then let's implement 
> it.
> otherwise, let's see if we can get away with keeping it simple while 
> keeping
> people happy

 Hmm... isn't that a bit contradictory to our general "Don't just do 
 what
 users ask for, but show them things they never imagined" approach? I 
 don't
 think we should wait for users to actively ask for it. What we should 
 do is:
 While observing users (including ourselves!) using the product
 (which we'll have to do anyway), keep an eye out for how often they 
 switch
 back and forth between application and homescreen. If they do that 
 often,
 we should give them an easy way to do it - no matter if they ask for it 
 or not.
 If most users don't but those few who do it ask for such a feature, we 
 still
 should not implement it.