W32: Minimize to Tray

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W32: Minimize to Tray

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please add an option to minimize Minotaur to the Windows System Tray, this is a pretty important feature for me, and probably everyone else with a low resolution who has his mail client open all the time but doesnt want to clutter up his taskbar...

and it's simple to add, I guess ;)
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right. and btw, this could be usefule for phoenix, too. less useful, but still sometimes useful, and it would be about the same code i guess.
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i'd like to see this one also.
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I've never actually regularly used a client that did this, but if it were in a client I'd use anyway, I'd be sure to use it.
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yeah, i would like this feature, too. at the time being, i use the quick-start-feature to "minimize" mozillamail to the tray.
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Yeah that would be great, and some sort of visual alert for new mail (dare I say it!?) similar to messengers 'new mail' alert :oops:
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Until that feature is added, you can use this application to Minimize to Tray:
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
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Jeff_pony wrote:Yeah that would be great, and some sort of visual alert for new mail (dare I say it!?) similar to messengers 'new mail' alert :oops:


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1. Start it with -turbo.
2. It's already got an msn-style mail alert here...

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or make an app similar to NSNotify for Communicator 4.x that runs in the tray and checks your mail for you. There are dozens of apps that already do this, but it'd be nice to have a free one that is meant to work with Minny.
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It would be nice, if Thunderbird is installed as an extension to Phoenix, that mail would continue to be checked as long as Phoenix is running even if Thunderbird isn't running. This could negate the need to have it sitting in the system tray.

I believe this feature has been in the Mozilla suite at some point but it doesn't seem to work anymore (last time I checked).
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Post by themole »

Ummm, not really as I keep my email client open longer than I keep my browser. I tend to close and open the browser many times during the day whereas my mail client (currently PocoMail) sits in the tray 24/7 checking mail :)

Minimize to tray is something that will swing me into having Minotaur above Poco.
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Post by tve »

michel v wrote:Until that feature is added, you can use this application to Minimize to Tray:
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/

thanks for the link, I tried it.. but when normally minimizing or traying a program, it also reduces it's memory usage.. (Minotaur maximized consumes 25.000k, Minotaur minimized only 1.160k!), but "PowerMenu" doesnt reduce the memory usage of a program, it just "hides" it and adds an icon to the systray :-/
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In addition, the minimized tray icon using PowerMenu doesn't have a program-specific context menu.
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Post by Zash »

tve, I agree with you on the Memory consumption thing. My whole purpose for registering at the forums is because I wanted to see if there was a way to minimize Minotaur to the tray. In Outlook you just edit a registy entry and blam, you've done it. Please, someone make a way to minimize to the tray and save on memory. Untill then, PowerMenu it is (and I'm happy that I have finally got a way to get that dang thing off the taskbar and still have it running).
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