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I'm confused, what's window based task management?

Window-based task management is "Windows", App-based task management is "Metro".

We spent the last 25 years of computer history teaching both the users and the computers how to multitask, only for the most recent user designers to try their damnedest to take it away from us.

> App-based task management is "Metro".

App-based task management is also pre-CS5 Photoshop on OSX. Programs which have multiple windows per document need those windows brought to the front together.

He means stuff like minimize and maximize.

You can do both in gnome without any tweaking.

After I maximize, and check something in the window, I really like to be able to minimize without moving the mouse. One needs a panel with window buttons for this.

Yes, Gnome has panel addons, but they are ugly and rudimentary, and can only be placed at the bottom of the screen.

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