Maybe it's just me, but I can't get used to the restoration of items that are "hidden" and items that are "minimized."
For example, say I have four Explorer windows open. I minimize one of them, but then quickly need to get to the something else and command-H to hide the remaining three. A few minutes later I need the first Explorer window back, so I head down to the dock and click on the application icon and that brings up three documents. After clicking through all of those, I remember Oh! I *minimized* that one window, now where's that icon? and head back to the dock for a second try.
Granted, I keep my dock about as small as it will go and hidden... maybe if I kept it big and visible (aka "intrusive") I would be able to find my documents more easily.
I like being able to minimize windows and get them entirely off of the screen (unlike windowshades)... but I wish there was an easy way to restore all windows of a particular application at once. Perhaps "Restore All" could be a contexual menu item for applications in the dock (assuming we get contextual menus in the dock) or maybe done by [insert your favorite modifier key here]-clicking on the icon.
[Edited by annette on 10-05-2000 at 02:04 PM]
For example, say I have four Explorer windows open. I minimize one of them, but then quickly need to get to the something else and command-H to hide the remaining three. A few minutes later I need the first Explorer window back, so I head down to the dock and click on the application icon and that brings up three documents. After clicking through all of those, I remember Oh! I *minimized* that one window, now where's that icon? and head back to the dock for a second try.
Granted, I keep my dock about as small as it will go and hidden... maybe if I kept it big and visible (aka "intrusive") I would be able to find my documents more easily.
I like being able to minimize windows and get them entirely off of the screen (unlike windowshades)... but I wish there was an easy way to restore all windows of a particular application at once. Perhaps "Restore All" could be a contexual menu item for applications in the dock (assuming we get contextual menus in the dock) or maybe done by [insert your favorite modifier key here]-clicking on the icon.
[Edited by annette on 10-05-2000 at 02:04 PM]