The future (or lack thereof) of Desktop Icons (Was: [Bug 156428] dragging to desktop creates a link without notifying user)

[William Egert]

> - The ability to minimize Applets.  This could be done with a button on
> the applet handle.  The resulting icon could be changed dynamically by the
> applet depending on conditions.  Examples are the weather applet could
> change the icon depending on updated weather conditions, etc
> - Iconify applets when the view is zoomed out.
>
>
Given that I know absolutely nothing and speak for nobody, I think these two
things are related.  The "minimizing" of an applet should "iconify" it.
What is displayed within the icon should be the applets choice and should be
the same icon when zoomed out.  It would probably make sense to enforce a
max icon size or something, as I see the "icon" just being a small applet.


-Bill
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