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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Suggestion to change how systray apps can be closed/minimized
From:       Christoph Niemann <cnieman () suse ! de>
Date:       2004-03-30 8:20:50
Message-ID: 200403301020.50826.cnieman () suse ! de
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On Monday 29 March 2004 12:26, Rico Starke wrote:
> I understand that we need a generic solution, following global guidelines
> and conventions. It is also important to let the users realize that they
> are using a systray application, which has two different options to
> (naively
>
> spoken)  make it "disappear from the screen" - "quit" and "minimize to
> systray".
>
> The current behaviour of apps like kmix or kopete appears confusing to
> me as a user. You don't know that kmix is still there if you click "X" -
> only
> if you notice the corresponding systray symbol.
> I know people who use M$ Windows at home and once accidently started
> multiple instances of kopete here at work. They did not realize that the
> application had been sent to the systray, despite the message which is
> displayed after the triggering click. People, including myself, often close
> dialogues/info windows without actually reading them...
>
> I really don't know how to improve this while still maintaining the logic
> mentioned by the previous posters in this thread. However, I feel that from
> a user's point of view the idea of creating an additional "minimize to
> tray"
One rather simple idea could be to indicate that the systray is swallowing the 
app, just as there is an indication when an app gets minimized. That way a 
user at least got hinted at the symbol in the systray.
>
> symbol next to minimize/maximize/"X" could help. Similarly, an additional
> menu entry or an option dialogue upon clicking "X" or "quit" might help to
> clear things up a bit.

Greetings,
Christoph

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 | Christoph Niemann <cnieman@suse.de>
 | SuSE Usability Guild
 |
 | Contrary to popular opinion, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'fact'.
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