On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:54:26 +0400, Nick Sabalausky <[email protected]> wrote:

"BCS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hello Christopher,

Nick Sabalausky wrote:

The absolute worst of all though is when an app (*cough* skype
*cough*) decides that "close" and "the 'close' button" should mean
"don't close anything at all, but minimize to tray instead". That
should be a firing squad offense ;)

I'd be killing my IM client constantly if not for that feature. I
pretty much expect it of any application that's meant to be running
for a long time and only rarely needing user interaction (such as a
bittorrent client).


yah, for some programs you rarely want to close the program but often want
to close the UI.


That's called "Minimize".



"Minimize" button usually minimizes the window to task bar.

Some applications provide an additional button alongside minimize and close 
that minimizes to tray (Emule and others).
Some other applications minimize to tray when you hold Shift while clicking the 
minimize button - Vypress chat, Download Master, Total Commander (plugin) and 
others. But overall - it's very inconsistent.

I personally wish that more programs adopt Shift+Minimize -> Tray behavior, 
it's easy to remember and easy to implement.

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