[Usability] Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox tray icon - again

["Seth Nickell" <snickell stanfordalumni org>]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:48AM -0800, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> topOn Thu, 2003-08-28 at 20:34, Colin Walters wrote:
>
> >  1) It's not (total) crack, at least for applications like music 
> > players
> >  which you use for a few seconds to pick a song and then want out of 
> > your
> >  hair.
>
> Agreed, very handy.
>
> >  2) I think it's a bad idea to do this on left click.  It should happen
> >  via a context menu where the user has some clue about what's going on.
> >  Also, I think it would be good to change the tray icon somehow to let
> >  the user know the window is hidden.
>
> Here I must disagree. The reason this feature is useful is that it's a
> quick way to show/hide the window. Hiding this feature away in a 
> context
> menu entirely defeats the purpose.
>
> Why not simply have left-click minimize the window?

Why not simply minimize the window with the windowlist, an interface 
element designed precisely for the task in question?

-Seth