please forward this response to the exaile bts (i don't have an account). thanks.
If this is a crusade to all applications using the system tray (notification area) please provide an alternative solution for 'backgrounded' applications which should be available on all virtual desktops (through the application's icon).
the proposed solution is to use panel applets (for gnome and kde) or panel plugins (for xfce) if your tool needs to display controls perpetually [1]. of course, this is a problem right now because there isn't an applet standard across desktop environments, and you would have to write a tool for each. it is not my intent to start a crusade, but my notification area is starting to feel as useless and cumbersome as on windows because of all the icons that are being thrown in there without considering the usefulness of doing so. besides, for music control, i would rather be able to use the built-in multimedia controls on my keyboard, or i will just switch over to the application window.
Just remove the tick at Tools->Preferences->General->"Show tray icon".
i recommend that this be the default for the debian package (this is now quod libet's default behavior). thank you for your consideration. mike [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fSystrayAndAppletsMeeting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
