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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with David.

Fix the bug with Rhythmbox opening in the last state, and let's do that very
soon. It's been around for two years, which is far too long.

I don't agree that minimize should minimize to the notification area, and
close should close the program for those particular applications. We'd only
be creating another problem - people would expect it to minimize to the
window list/dock/whatever they're using for window management, like all
other programs.

I think because these particular apps are designed to run in the background
and are used often when multitasking, we should keep the close button
minimizing to the notification area unless they specifically choose "Quit."

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Shane Fagan
<shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hmmmm would it be crazy if I propose making a different button for
> minimising to the notification area? Its just if the close button means
> close the program in most users mind and the minimise button means
> leaving the window open but hiding it away, then what should the new
> user expect to minimise into the notification area?
>
> On the opening rhythmbox and empathy I think the window should be opened
> always and never open hidden away in the notification area.
>
>
> -fagan
>
> On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 12:17 +0100, David Siegel 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. They're wrong,
> > it's broken, let's fix it.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Just because other programs are doing it doesnt make the functionality
> > >> correct. Why cant the minimise button be the one that minimises to the
> > >> notification area? Its how its done with Windows media player from
> what
> > >> I remember too.
> > >
> > > But then you are replacing an unexpected functionality with *another*
> > > unexpected functionality... I know I would be surprised in seeing that
> > > the program went to the tray instead of the taskbar...
> > >
> > >
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