Comment 87 for bug 733349

This is getting silly now. I was changing it BACK btw, to the original bug description.

@tekstr1der:
This is not about my views, it's about logically analyzing a problem, properly labeling it in correct terms and finally coming up with good ways to solve it.

First let me answer your question. Yes. And exactly this behavior is what I have in mind with "hiding applications" (app=all its windows+launcher icon indicating its state). Could be a huge misunderstanding maybe?

Let me put it yet another way:
This bug is not about hiding *individual* "windows" but about hiding all windows of an "application". My terminology is correct because the launcher and all mentioned docks are application-centric. In terms of how it actually works "all windows" would be correct too. This may look like nitpicking to you but the problem is that this bug isn't (as in "it can't") solving another related problem: per window (=window-centric) window hiding or minimizing (minimizing isn't very accurate for neither apps nor windows in the current implementation of the launcher). By not using the proper terms and/or clearly defining the problem there is the risk these two separate issues become mixed up and finally that inconsistent terminologies and concepts end up in the user visible interface.