For example Slack or Telegram or something else. The program has a single window, I click the “x” and it is closed. GNOME doesn’t have a tray with program icons by default, I didn’t install any extensions besides Vitals to monitor the CPU temperature. I don’t even have a visible Dash. Just vanilla GNOME. In Windows, some programs will go to the background and will still be running when you close the window, usually there’s a setting for that in each program. I wonder whether in GNOME I can do the same or if I should change my mindset and leave everything open at all times. This is more of a habit than necessity.

  • TabbsTheBat (they/them)@pawb.social
    92·
    17 days ago

    If it’s an app with background functionality it goes in the background, but with no indication it does because there’s no tray for them to have an icon in

    • steel_for_humans@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      7·
      17 days ago

      OK, but it DOES work in the background. I generally like GNOME’s minimalism, but this is a bad design choice IMO. Maybe I need that AppIndicator after all. :)

      On my first day on GNOME I missed Slack notifications for 4 hours. It was great, no distractions and laser focus on my work! ;)

      • TabbsTheBat (they/them)@pawb.social
        91·
        17 days ago

        Yeah it’s one of things that really fuels the memes GNOME devs not designing for their user’s needs lol

        I feel like everyone I know who uses GNOME has at least appIndicator since a ton of apps rely on the basic function of having a system tray