Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] minimize to the system tray

[Tim Retout <tim retout co uk>]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 17:54 +0100, Alex Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 12:55 -0700, amestris spira wrote:
> > can you guys add that rhythmbox minimizes to the system tray when is
> > closed like banshee or amarok in the next version please?, is just
> > annoying that rhythmbox doesn`t do that by default.
<snip>
> The "Notification Area" was never really intended for hiding
> applications away, and there's certainly no concept of it in Window
> Manager-land, which is why it makes it difficult to decide what is
> best. This is merely the other side of the argument. I personally am
> sitting on the fence. :)
> 
> Let's discuss! 

Here's the HIG bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140592

Also relevant is that some people want to disable the notification icon
in Rhythmbox altogether:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317982

In my humble opinion, Rhythmbox should copy Banshee - the notification
icon should become a plugin (probably on by default, unlike Banshee?),
and there should be a configuration option to control what happens when
you close the main window (minimise by default, when the plugin is
enabled).

Ideally, this sort of thing should be specified in the HIG, but that
could take ages to argue out - and there will always be users who want
the opposite behaviour.

-- 
Tim Retout <tim retout co uk>