Ugh! Ol2007 Hide When Minimized

[C. Moya]

feature still works exactly the opposite of the way all apps that use the
system tray work. I've been using this feature of Ol2003 for over a year and
I still can't get used to it. I find that I *CLOSE* the entire Outlook
application all the time by mistake... when I really just want to dismiss it
and have it stay in the tray.

When I close Windows Messenger window it stays in the tray. When I close
Yahoo it stays in the tray. Why is Outlook DIFFERENT??? Why does it force me
to use the minimize button?

Hey if you're going to use the System Notification Area (the tray) as if you
were a "background application" (which Outlook does try to do) then use it
the way EVERY other application does. This is quite literally one of those
things that drives me mad.

 

[Pat Willener]

This is the logical way, at least for me. Why would I want to close
Outlook when in fact I just want to minimize it to the system tray?

However, since there are applications that work the other way around, it
would be nice if the user could select the way it should work. Since you
participate in the beta program, maybe you should suggest this to the
developers?

 

[C. Moya]

Because when you click X what you're really doing is closing *an* Outlook
window... not the application per se. The application should stay in the
tray. To completely Exit Outlook you'd right-click on the tray icon for
Outlook and choose Exit.

This is the way pretty much all (and I mean practically ALL!) applications
that make use of the tray work.
I wouldn't have a problem if all applications (including "utlities" like the
Sound icon, etc) behaved EXACTLY the same way Outlook 2007 does.

P.S. I did suggest it. MVP's and whatnot seem to like the way this works
(inexplicably... but possibly because the feature is a longstanding request-
even if the implementation was not thought-through). Most laypeople and
users (I support lots) are confused and don't use this feature at all.