Quickly show/hide messenger with one-click on syste tray icon

I can't figure out why the default behaviour of the system tray icon isn't
show/hide when you left-click. This should at least be an option because it
would speed things up and I show/hide messenger a lot!

Greetings,

That's not the expected behavior. What's expected is one left-click gets you a context menu
and double-clicking opens the application. Most applications follow this design and
certainly the Microsoft ones do.

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"DirtyDraggel" <> wrote in message
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>I can't figure out why the default behaviour of the system tray icon isn't
> show/hide when you left-click. This should at least be an option because it
> would speed things up and I show/hide messenger a lot!

Yes I know that the application should show the context menu on left click
(one time) but my feature wish is to at least allow me as a user to change
that behaviour so that one click shows messenger and then if I click again it
disappears.

I don't get why you have both right and left-click showing the context menu?
That's just a waste. Why not have the right click showing the context as in
windows desktop and in windows of application etc. If you need to follow that
ridiculous (in my opinion) guideline of having left and right click show
context then at least give me an option in preferences to override this to
the way I want it.

Isn't it smooth to show and hide with one click? I have applications that
let me do this and it's quick and easy. I do get the fact that most users are
used to this behaviour now but once again...just let there be an option .
I've just studied usabillity and it just makes more sense.

Tommy Andersson

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> That's not the expected behavior. What's expected is one left-click gets you a context menu
> and double-clicking opens the application. Most applications follow this design and
> certainly the Microsoft ones do.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "DirtyDraggel" <> wrote in message
> news:28A8D2C9-6592-4312-8BBD-...
> >I can't figure out why the default behaviour of the system tray icon isn't
> > show/hide when you left-click. This should at least be an option because it
> > would speed things up and I show/hide messenger a lot!
>
>