Character viewer is user rude

Character viewer cannot be minimized which means every time I want to use it I have to open it from the menu bar. Is the new version of OSX going to rectify this?

PBFZ wrote:
every time I want to use it I have to open it from the menu bar.
No you don't, just use the keyboard shortcut command - control - space.
I think you can be sure that Yosemite will not change the way Character Viewer works.

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