systray icon animation, [was: greetings]

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Thursday 12 October 2006 10:38, Cerneels Bart wrote:
> 2006/10/12, Mark Kretschmann <markey at web.de>:
> > On Thursday 12 October 2006 09:50, Gianluca wrote:
> > > Hello to everyone, first of all I want to give you a big "thank you
> > > very much indeed" for GREAT job...
> > >
> > > amarok is absolutly fantastic and all my friends want try linux
> > > because they want amarok! you're the best!
> >
> > Thank you very much :)
> >
> > > I have a question for the developpers:
> > > it is possible that there will be a "switch control" to configure the
> > > che icon in the "systemtray" (i hope that this is the right name). now
> > > in the 1.4.3 the icon during the song go to full to empty... and
> > > that's ok, but someone don't (doesn't????) like this.
> > > so if it is possible can you put a switch "on/off" and "full to
> > > empty/empty to full"?
> >
> > No, we don't really plan to make this optional. We think adding
> > "micro-options" like this makes the app cluttered and reduces usability.
> > Instead, we try to choose something that works well for us and the
> > majority
> > of our users.
> >
> > In this case, we can discuss what the best behavior for the systray icon
> > is.
> > If others agree with your opinion, we might possibly change it.
> >
> > Asking the mailing list: What's everyone's opinion regarding the systray
> > icon?
>
> Hate it, because Amarok doesn't use it for acctual notifications it wastes
> already limited space. I would like to iconify Amarok to the desktop or
> "third layer" (think apple's dashboard) and have it act like a miniture
> control panel (see my blog post about background
> apps<http://commonideas.blogspot.com/2006/03/kde4-backstage.html>).
> But as long as we don't have that option, the systray icon is better then
> taking up space in the taskbar.

You misunderstand. This discussion is about whether the animation should go 
from top to bottom, or bottom to top.

-- 
Mark