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The minimize behavior can be confusing #69

@kosma

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@kosma

The current minimizing behavior can be confusing in some situations:

  1. Sometimes my desktop gets messy, and I press "Minimize All". WLGate disappears, and I get confused if it's actually running or not. This is somewhat counter-intuitive since no other ham program does that, as far as I now - they stay in the taskbar. Perhaps the minimize-to-tray behavior should be configurable? I know it's useful for some people and some cases, but for others (like me - running a menagerie of different programs that talk to each other) it can add confusion to an already very unstable setup. I bridge flrig to hamlib to omnirig, I wish I was joking... every program decides to use its own damn protocol. But I digress.. ;D This behavior also really confuses users of our clubstation - they are not experts at using the software and they can't understand why it looks like it's not running, and won't start.

  2. Attempting to start the program when it's already running yields no results, the spinner next to the cursor spins for a split second but no GUI pops up - I click and nothing happens; I have to summon the program from the system tray instead. This I would say is an actual bug.

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