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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [KDE Usability] Close button: reaaly close or go to system tray?
From:       Dotan Cohen <dotancohen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-02-01 19:31:59
Message-ID: 880dece01002011131s3bbca62rb02d35bb85ccb006 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2010/2/1 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com>:
> On Monday 01 February 2010 11:46:58 Jaime wrote:
>> I guess Dotan is proposing a button to minimize to the tray like winamp and
>> emule do have.
>> With the organic desktop it is (or will be) easier to know, after the X
>> button is pressed, if the window is minimized to the tray or if the
>> application is closed, but not before pressing the button.
>>
> I just can't see why anyone would need such a button, when there is already a
> configuration option to avoid using the tray icon.  And I don't buy Dotan's
> argument that users don't read notices and can't handle configurations.  If
> you are setting up an environment for such a user you do it for them.  The
> rest of us shouldn't have to endure clutter without a very good reason.
>
> An alternative solution would be that instead of Amarok popping up a notice
> that it will continue running in the system tray, it could pop up a dialog box
> asking if you want music to continue playing when the window is closed.
>

Better yet, just have the tray integration disabled by default. That
way Amarok behaves like any other KDE app until the user asks it to do
otherwise.


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