>> > not necessary and should not be added to mainline. >> if you don't mind my asking, explain why? > > For every task there are good tools which do not require a tray > (e.g. network manager: netcfg). > I use the xinitrc to display all system information I require. > > It is a little hard to argue why you don't need a tray if you don't > understand why it would be useful in the first place. > > The only time I ever thought a tray would be nice was when skype > minimized once, but that is more of a design flaw in skype.
thank you for sharing your thoughts. personally, systray is a (maybe, suboptimal) solution to see input method's status like uim for me. just my two cents.
