MIP
Exactly--a very important function! But I wasn't talking about minimizing to the Dock. MIP = Minimize in Place, and THAT--if it makes it into Panther--is like windowshade only better. The window shrinks to a useful thumbnail instead of a needlessly-wide bar, but stays right where you are instead of going to the Dock. Betas of Jaguar had this. Bring it back please!!
Exposé sounds great, but it doesn't look like a replacement for windowshade, nor is the ability to minimize to the dock. Maybe it's just my line of work or how I interact with the UI, but I find that I frequently used windowshade to hide the front window to peek briefly at something in another window when I didn't want to bring any other window forward. It was a great way to view another window then return to your primary window and a very efficient approach.
Exactly--a very important function! But I wasn't talking about minimizing to the Dock. MIP = Minimize in Place, and THAT--if it makes it into Panther--is like windowshade only better. The window shrinks to a useful thumbnail instead of a needlessly-wide bar, but stays right where you are instead of going to the Dock. Betas of Jaguar had this. Bring it back please!!