Comments on: The little “X” Button is meant to close, not to minimize! http://www.stum.de/2009/09/23/the-little-x-button-is-meant-to-close-not-to-minimize/ Random thoughts of neat disorder Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:38:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anders Sandvig http://www.stum.de/2009/09/23/the-little-x-button-is-meant-to-close-not-to-minimize/comment-page-1/#comment-9991 Anders Sandvig Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:23:10 +0000 http://www.stum.de/?p=565#comment-9991 "If your application can minimize to tray, why would you want to alternatively minimize it to the taskbar as well?" The way I see it, wanting to minimize to the tray and to the task bar are two different use cases. Sometimes I want to minimize to the task bar because I want quick access to the application via Alt+Tab, or I am just temporarily switching focus. Other times I want to minimize to the tray because I want to "get rid" of the applications, typically when I will not be interacting with it for a while. Locating an application in the task bar is (to me) much quicker than finding it in the tray, so where I want it to appear depends on when and how often I will be switching back and forth between that specific application and other applications. "If your application can minimize to tray, why would you want to alternatively minimize it to the taskbar as well?"

The way I see it, wanting to minimize to the tray and to the task bar are two different use cases.

Sometimes I want to minimize to the task bar because I want quick access to the application via Alt+Tab, or I am just temporarily switching focus. Other times I want to minimize to the tray because I want to "get rid" of the applications, typically when I will not be interacting with it for a while.

Locating an application in the task bar is (to me) much quicker than finding it in the tray, so where I want it to appear depends on when and how often I will be switching back and forth between that specific application and other applications.

]]> By: John Sheehan http://www.stum.de/2009/09/23/the-little-x-button-is-meant-to-close-not-to-minimize/comment-page-1/#comment-9966 John Sheehan Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:49:51 +0000 http://www.stum.de/?p=565#comment-9966 I don't mind if X minimizes to the tray if there's an option that allows me to explicitly set that behavior (in some rare cases that behavior is preferable, less often on Win7 for apps that properly support the new taskbar features). It should never be the default. I don't mind if X minimizes to the tray if there's an option that allows me to explicitly set that behavior (in some rare cases that behavior is preferable, less often on Win7 for apps that properly support the new taskbar features). It should never be the default.

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