"Are you suggesting that *every* app should be minimisable to the notification area, or just the ones that already know how? How is this different from minimisation?"
Only the ones that have dedicated functionality for it. It looks like there are already programs for doing it for *all* programs. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=267618 But that's not what I'm asking. Rhythmbox, for instance, can operate as a standard window and be minimized like any other window. It can also be shrunk to the notification area, where it has dedicated right-click functionality for changing tracks, etc. The "Close" or "Minimize" buttons should not be overridden with this functionality, and depending on the user clicking in the notification area itself is strange for something that "minimizes" windows: To maximize: Click Maximize button in title bar To minimize to taskbar: Click Minimize button in title bar To minimize to notification area: Click the notification area icon? These are all similar functions. It makes sense to me that buttons for similar behavior should be in the same place, and behaviors that are common between apps should have standard unchanging interfaces. Clicking a fourth "Tray" button in the title bar is standard behavior in some Windows programs, and I think it makes more sense than clicking in the notification area. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=576374 -- Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
