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thunderbird package

  1. Bug #376715
  2. Comment #101

Comment 101 for bug 376715

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In , Jim (squibblyflabbetydoo) wrote :

For Windows, as of Win7, Microsoft explicitly recommends *against* doing this:

"In this example from Windows Vista, Outlook and Windows Live™ Messenger are single-instance applications that minimize to notification area icons. ... Note: This icon pattern is no longer recommended for Windows 7. Use regular taskbar buttons instead if your program has desktop presence." [1]

Granted, Thunderbird currently doesn't have a lot of support for Windows 7 features (mostly because Gecko 1.9.1 doesn't support them either), but I think it would make more sense to put effort into Windows 7 support these days.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511448.aspx