> ------- Original Message ------- > From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Naz Gassiep <naz@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: 23/06/07, 10:39:01 > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Proposed Feature > > Naz Gassiep wrote: > > Hey, > > I'm sure that'd be greatly appreciated, most other major servers and > > DBs have a similar feature, and that's what the systray is for, i.e., > > viewing major user-installed services. > > Don't forget that the tray (or taskbar notification area as it's > supposed to be called) is one of the most abused areas of the windows > GUI. I've seen installs where it takes up half the screen. So it's not > *necessarily* a good thing - making it mandatory to have an easy way to > turn it off. And if we don't add any actual *functionality*, it should > absolutely not be enabled by default. Providing it as an option is never > wrong, though. > I have no problem adding such a gizmo to the installer if it works well and has no onerous runtime requirements, but I wouldn't want it to be installed by default. /D
