systray icon animation, [was: greetings]

[Cerneels Bart]

2006/10/12, Mark Kretschmann <markey at web.de>:
>
> 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.


As you might expect, don't really care, but bottom-to-top seems more natural
somehow. The best would be left-to-right, since that's the direction most
progress bars are.

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