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

[Christopher Blauvelt]

2008/1/23 William Egert <begert at gmail.com>:

>
>   - 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.
>

I absolutely agree. The question is if the maximum size should be a set
value or up to the applet writer.  This should probably be addressed in the
PIG.
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