Comment 18 for bug 270206

I will be out of the office until 9th January, in my absense please contact Nick Tait

On 29 Nov 2012, at 19:55, michealPW <email address hidden> wrote:

> Oh my, what a bad workaround. I totaly understand that this behavior is
> confusing for some people and admittedly it confused my wife (Until I
> explained the feature and showed her how to disable it.)
>
> This "bug" solution only creates yet another problem... Now _nobody_ can
> start RB minimized, including all the people who actually liked this
> _feature_ (It's not a bug, it's by design and many people liked this
> behavior.)
>
> Couldn't we just set this feature to be disabled by default that could
> be if the user wanted to, rather than breaking the feature all together?
>
> This bug's "solution" is the cause of this unanswerable question:
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/125224/how-do-i-hide-rhythmbox-to-just-
> show-a-tray-icon
>
> Also countless other Google results if you search for "How do I start
> Rhythmbox minimized?" || "How do I start Rhythmbox in
> quiet/silent/hidden mode?"
>
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> report (527119).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270206
>
> Title:
>  Rhythmbox should never start minimised to tray
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Fix Released
> Status in The Rhythmbox Music Management Application:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: rhythmbox
>
>  I have noticed that RB remembers whether it was minimised to tray when
>  it closed, and starts in the same state. Some users might find that
>  confusing, however. My mother does actually, sometimes she opens RB to
>  listen to her music and she doesn't realise that small white square on
>  the notification area, so she thinks the program didn't start
>  properly.
>
>  I think RB should NEVER start minimised to tray, unless it's specified
>  through a command option.
>
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