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minimize to system tray

Posted: 24 Jun 2004 11:11
by Leopoldus
Nobody uses a filemanager, neither Windows Explorer nor even TrackerV3 the whole time.
But closing the TrackerV3 has the result of loosing current state (opene folders, fonded files etc.). It would much better to minimize TrackerV3 into system tray instead of closing it at all.
In this case an user has a choice of three, not of two options only: to stay the app opened, to close it or to minimize it into system tray. And if somebody prefer not to overload his system tray, it would not a problem to make minimizing optionally via Configuration menu.

Posted: 24 Jun 2004 19:00
by admin
Well, i personally use it the whole time, but i can see your point.

Any second opinions on this out there?

Posted: 24 Jun 2004 20:03
by Dana
When Im going back and forth between note pad , tracker, IE and my FTP program , it would be great to have the option to minimize the program to the tray.

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 14:05
by Leopoldus
Hi, Donald!
How is about minimizing to tray? You've promissed to think about it once more...

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 15:44
by admin
Have you seen this?

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 17:02
by Gandolf
Providing minimising to the try is an option it's fine. I hate things in the try since it has enough bits in it (Battery level - vital on a laptop, Firewall, AV & all the "blocking" programs) that you have to be able to see the status of without adding anything else that is a running program.

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 23:21
by admin
Leopoldus wrote:You've promissed to think about it once more...
Hi, Leopoldus!
I'm thinking about it all the time, but the thinking did not change my mind. The systray will remain a Tracker-free zone... let's leave a little space for all those other file managers :lol:

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 10:29
by Leopoldus
OK, that's your right. I have no any other choise besides to use some systray manager, which eats some portion of memory...
(But I hope you change your mind somewhen in future. Indeed I'm shure that some time after it will be the standard of of any application to enable user optionally choose before taskbar and system tray.)

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 11:39
by Manifold
admin wrote:Well, i personally use it the whole time
How do you manage that? Do you edit the registries so that files are opened in TrackerV3 as default?

If so, could you teach me how, please. Thanks.

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 11:48
by admin
Manifold wrote:
admin wrote:Well, i personally use it the whole time
How do you manage that? Do you edit the registries so that files are opened in TrackerV3 as default?
No, that was meant to say that I never close TrackerV3, because I need it all the time and there is no reason to close it: it consumes very little RAM, does not leak a single bit of memory, and it does not build ever-growing caches as Explorer does (which is the reason why Explorer and actually the whole system gets slower and slower the longer Explorer is working, until you have to reboot).

Of course, that not-closing claim a bit theoretical in my case: in reality I have to close and reopen TrackerV3 all the time while developing it.

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 12:28
by Manifold
Is there a way to browse files with TrackerV3 in default? Instead of Windows Explorer.

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 21:29
by Manifold
In case it slipped your attention... :P. Check the above post.

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 21:36
by admin
Whoops, I answered that one, but forgot to submit... :roll:
Anyway: I don't understand the question. What situation do you want to change? What's the problem?

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 22:17
by Manifold
I want to be able to browse all files with TrackerV3. So, when you double click on a folder, it won't open Windows Explorer, but TrackerV3.

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 22:39
by admin
Manifold wrote:...when you double click on a folder...
Double click where?