Sorry this bug report got a bit distorted, Joe. I'm restoring your
original description.
** Description changed:
- A lot of applications using Indicator Application make up for the loss
- of the show-main-window-on-left-click functionality of the legacy tray
- by adding an menu entry to their tray menu that's often labelled "Show
- {Appname}". However, these menu items are not consistent, even though
- showing a window that was 'hidden in the tray' is a frequently used
- action. They're not always at the same place and don't always use the
- same naming convention. There is even a difference between the type of
- GtkMenuItem being used: some use a GtkMenuItem that can only show() the
- main window, other applications use a GtkCheckMenuItem for toggling the
- visibility of the main window.
+ When the apps used notification area applets they were quite consistent:
+ left click to show app window, right click to options. Today there is no
+ "show" action but only options (looks different from the rest of the
+ apps too). So, in order to show application window user need to find a
+ point in a menu then activate it. But, unfortunately, these "menu
+ points" are in different positions for different apps, this breaks
+ usability.
- There should be one clear, consistent way to generate such menu items.
- Maybe the best solution would be to add a bool property to the indicator
- for enabling and disabling the automatic addition of a menu item for
- showing (and/or hiding) the main window.
+ BTW, "show window" always was the most used action for most apps. Was
+ there any research that proved current indicator approach is better
+ usable than old one? Personally, I'm very doubt about it, especially
+ after new "keyboard indicator" applet.
** Summary changed:
- Indicator Application: No consistent approach for showing the main window of
an AppInd user
+ Indicator applets breaks usability
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