GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 508151
Epiphany downloading notification-area icon has pointless context menu
Last modified: 2008-02-29 09:32:38 UTC
When Epiphany is downloading files, it puts an icon in the notification area. Left-clicking this icon shows and hides the Epiphany downloads window. Right-clicking the icon shows a context menu with one item, "Show downloads". Since there's very little point to this context menu (because all you can do with it is show the downloads window), and button clicks on notification-area icons are shockingly inconsistent across different applications, why not make right-click do the same thing as left-click and just show/hide the window? Other information:
making right click do show/hide instead of bringing up a context menu only contributes to the mentioned problem of making tray icons "shockingly inconsistent". right click bringing up a context menu is one of the most universally consistent things i can think of. my 2¢ is that i don't like this suggestion.
Agreeing with desrt on this one. If I'm checking to see what an applet is capable of, I don't want to have to worry about it actually doing something. Right clicking is the safer, more introspective click.
I've made a similar report in #356907 and I was assured Mathusalem would make this obsolete, however I am unsure if much progress had been made in previous months.
This is a WONTFIX for me too, we should be consistent with the rest of the tray icons.
Mathusalem would make this obselete but I believe development on it has completely ceased. It would be a great project for someone to pick up for the Summer of Code!
Thanks for all input, this looks safe to close as WONTFIX.