Would it help to make a deliberate distinction between the service and management facilities an app provides? The common examples seem to be mail, music, IM, gwibber, and downloads may make a good fit also. So in each case I want my service (emails receiving, music playing, being available online) but I don't necessarily want the finer management provided by the respective app.
The system/category indicators already help in this to an extent. The interaction could still be improved, for instance, when I want to appear online. At the moment I can't do this strictly from the me-menu, I need to first open Empathy (which, minus the functionality of the me-menu, is only a contact list). Similarly for music, I need to first open Rhythmbox before I can control playing music without opening Rhythmbox(!). If services were standalone from their apps, and could be controlled via respective indicators, I would only need my app window open for deeper access/management (organising email, making new playlists, etc). The problem of distinguishing between minimise and minimise to tray is still there, but in the form of how is the user informed which apps complement services (and wont stop the service by being closed). Not all services (eg email, gwibber) are currently controllable from their indicators (besides starting the service by opening it's app), but then, perhaps it doesn't make sense to be able to turn off eg receiving email. James _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
