Ubuntu
compiz package

  1. Bug #91784
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 91784

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: "Show desktop" is confusing

"I do not think the compiz behavior is wrong, just hard to understand."

If we admit it's hard to understand, then it's practically impossible for average users to understand, and features that are so difficult to understand /are/ wrong when they're included in Ubuntu, even if their developers intended the features to be that way. The Compiz Show Desktop plugin is nice, but would require a bit more planning and development (it doesn't play nice with the window list). Here's a simple set of rules that the Show Desktop button should observe.

when ("Show Desktop" is clicked):
    if (all windows are minimized):
        unminimize all windows
    else:
        minimize all windows

The visual indication of a modal state should also be removed.