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Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Close button: reaaly close or go to system tray?
From:       Dotan Cohen <dotancohen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-01-31 18:56:49
Message-ID: 880dece01001311056r515b79eama3ff755b225216ed () mail ! gmail ! com
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2010/1/29 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com>:
> On Thursday 28 January 2010 21:41:38 Peter wrote:
>> > This is not unique for KDE applications either. For example Skype has
>> > similar behavior on Linux and Windows, Pidgin, ...
>>
>> I'm sure you're right, but doesn't it just shows how widespread this
>> inconsistency really is and not a prescription for all apps to follow?
>>
>> If this is the way the sys tray must work, how should KDE advocates
>> address  user inconsistency concerns?
>
> Kgpg and KWallet are always present in my system tray.  Like the Amarok icon,
> I can use them to access the rest of the application.  It takes up minimum
> panel space, and needing to have three extra tabs on my taskbar would make it
> totally unusable.  If you do serious work of any kind you already have as many
> applications open as can comfortably fit on the taskbar on the average laptop
> - maybe more, assuming that they have some relation to each other and are
> needed for the work in hand.
>
> Sheer practicalities can't be ignored.
>

Neither can usability. This is why I suggested that the app continue
to behave as it does (as that is in fact practical) yet simply provide
a different interface option when it is minimizing to the tray (Not
use the X button).

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