Re: [Evolution] evolution systray

[Philippe LeCavalier <support plecavalier com>]

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