On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 16:51 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 10/20/10 11:06 AM, George Reeke wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 10:32 -0400, Christian wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 21:53 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: > >>> On 14 Aug 2008, at 17:10, tim wrote: > >>> > >>>> i want to say my hat's off to you guys and all you do. i have an idea > >>>> for the next update of evolution... > >>>> > >>>> could you make it so when i close it the program still runs in the > >>>> systray? i like deluge because it minimizes to the systray and pidgin > >>>> for the same reason. even rhythmbox too. everything runs great on > >>>> the > >>>> program; that's just a feature i am looking forward to. > >>> Note that minimising to system tray (at least by using the standard > >>> minimise or close buttons) is a behaviour rather frowned upon by > >>> GNOME's usability folks, however :) > >>> > >>> Minimise buttons should minimise, and close buttons should close. If > >>> you want to add a button that does something else, then fine, do that > >>> and call it something else. But please don't make the minimise or > >>> close buttons do things they're not supposed to... > >>> > >>> Cheeri, > >>> Calum. > >>> > >> An option to set what the close button does (close/minimize) is all it > >> takes. Several programs have that option both on Linux and Windows. If > >> you want to follow the advice of the usability crowd don't enable this > >> option. > >> > >> I'm using alltray and have edited the menu to open Evo in the tray (or > >> is it called notification area these days?) using alltray. > >> > >> Personally I do not not care who frowns of what as long as it works for > >> me! :) > >> > > Why not use Workspace Switcher and leave evolution in a separate > > workspace window? You can get to it and back with a simple click > > and it's always open but out of the way when not needed. > > That's how I set it up under KDE. It has its own virtual desktop. > > However, the point that Close closes, Minimize minimizes etc., while > logical is nonetheless questionable IMHO. It's too easy to close some > long-lived apps unintentionally, and closing Evo can be very slow if it > decides to flush a lot of remote cache data. It's also uninterruptible, > so you get to sit twiddling your thumbs till you can restart it. > > poc
I certainly see your point but please tell me we're not headed towards incorporating Evo to "Are you sure you want to close me?" Phil
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