Re: [Ayatana] Unexpected close functionality

[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 20:45 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op dinsdag 27-04-2010 om 08:27 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Marc
> Deslauriers:
> > On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 22:10 +1000, Jonathan Matthew wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:17 PM, David Siegel
> > > <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I witnessed this bug biting users many times over the 11 hours of user
> > > > testing we conducted over the past couple weeks. User opens
> > > > Rhythmbox... and it appears as if nothing has happened. Empathy
> > > > sometimes has the same problem. Both of these issues have been
> > > > reported as paper cuts for a while, but there is reluctance to change
> > > > the behavior because upstream considers it a feature.
> > > 
> > > Er.. pardon?  Where did I say that?
> > > 
> > > The only reason I'm reluctant to change anything in this area is that
> > > every time I do, people line up to yell at me about it.
> > > 
> > > -jonathan
> > > (rhythmbox maintainer)
> > 
> > Although I don't do it myself, some people may choose to have
> > rhythmbox open automatically with their session by using the options
> > in System/Preferences/Startup Applications/Options. When this is done,
> > it could be expected behaviour to have rhythmbox start in the
> > notification area. This could explain the users lining up to
> > scream. :) 
> 
> A simple checkbox in the preferences "[X] Start up with the main window
> hidden" should fix that use case.  I don't see a need why it should
> remember the last state for that or any other use case (there might be
> some, of course).
> 
> 
Checkboxes are the devil :) (kidding)

Adding more preferences is a last resort in my book. 

-fagan