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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Rather than the Dock, I thought the MacOS menu bar had something that approximates the Windows System Tray feature.
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Indeed so has Linux and what it's called might vary by desktop.
I've two annoying programs on Linux (at least) that don't close when I click close. Only the window closes. Which is minimise without being in the "list of running programs" buttons. They are in the equivalent of the "task tray" as if network connections or BT manager. Obviously copying Mac (likely Telegram and Viber are on Mac). It's annoying having to remember to go to that icon and right click and Quit.
Has MacOS copied Android? Seems a bonkers idea that Close simply Minimises (like Android where nothing quits). It's a long time since I used a Mac. I think it used to be that when you clicked Close, it closed.
When did that change? I know that Mac changed from OS9 to OS10 (X) which was native Apple to better BSD based import from NeXt and then OS updates numbered differently (About 2001, about same time as XP (NT 5.1), though MS did the opposite, Win2K = NT 5.0, Vista really approx NT 5.3)
I was aware that Calibre on Windows or Linux could copy how Telegram, Viber etc work, which makes some slight sense for a comms program. Maybe Signal and Zoom do it too, I forget, though X-Chat doesn't. I just checked and Steam also does it.
I think MacOS dev has lost the plot if ALL programs by default stay running when close is clicked. If at all, it should only apply to comms programs that do notification. Though I'd rather there was a config option for no Task Tray, instead either Minimise or Close.
It seems to me over last 20 years all GUIs getting poorer due to clueless people putting their aesthetics and workflow over well tested GUI-UX rules.
Android 11 a bigger mess than Android 4.
Vista/Win7, Win8, win10/win11 GUI worse than NT4.0, Win2000/XP, Win9x with less ability to customise theme.
Ubuntu drove users to plain Debian and Mint with Mate and other destktops with insane GUI decisions.