Minor Bar Chords in Open D

[Allman_Fan]

I've recently picked up the guitar again and have been playing slide in open D/E (1-5-1-3-5-1) and I'd like some suggestions on how to play a bar minor chord.

Here are my thoughts so far:
1. Fret the third of the chord behind the slide. If so, which finger do I use? The middle finger seems most natural, but since I am only one fret behind I think maybe the ring finger would be ultimatelt the better choice. The down side to this is that I'd really like to be able to make a fingered (not slide) chord.
2. Richie Havens style. Thumb bars lowest 3 strings, ring bars highest 2. Middle finger reaches to the middle and flats the third. Downside: awkward hand postion.
3. Use a "partial bar." Use three strings and make the triad. A variant of this would be arpeggio formed by using the slide. The downside to this is that it is not really a "chord" in the fixed sense, it's really more like playing a single note melody based around the notes of the chord.

I'm hoping there is something I'm missing because none of the three (mentioned above) seem optimal.

[Allman_Fan]

Wow, it looks like I originally posted this in late September (when I "should've been back in school!") and NO replies.

So, I'll reply to my own question!

First, consider open G, then go to open D.

A-minor in Open G

d’|-----2(r)-----
b |-----1(i)-----
g |-----2(m)-----
d |-----2(m)-----
G |-----2(m)-----
D |-----X--------

The middle finger is fretting three strings like the ring finger does in the A shaped barre chord (in standard tuning.) The key is to make sure the note made by index finger on the second string rings true as IT is the minor note (flatted 3rd). Your hand looks like you’re making the JR High Bird!

Second Verse, same as the first (sorta)

E-minor in Open D

d’ |-----2(r)-----
a |-----2(r)-----
f#|-----1(i)-----
d |-----2(m)-----
A |-----2(m)-----
D |-----2(m)-----

This one is harder: not because it uses all six strings, but the tough part is that the ring finger is barring two strings while the middle is barring three (as above). I swear this can be done! Once again, the key is to make sure the note made by index finger on the third string rings true as IT is the minor note (flatted 3rd).

Honestly, my gut tells me that hyper-extending these joints will have detrimental long term effects, “but what can a poor boy do?”