XFire tab in the taskbar

[vakaris]

Since the most recent update released an hour or two ago, the forced addition of the XFire tab in the task bar has been nothing but an annoyance. It's unnecessary, it takes up space and it serves no use in how I've set up my software. The XFire icon appears right next to the system time, I don't need a huge tab 10cm away.
With that in mind, the feature I'd like to suggest would be to add a checkbox into the options>general to disable the new feature. I'd also like a workaround until such a (or similar) way of getting rid of the tab appears.

Add:A similar thread surfaced while I was writing this, would like for the two to be merged.

[limikkin1]

I agree!! Why do we need 2 icons? An option to disable it would be great.

[woudangst]

Agreed, why isn't this an OPTIONAL thing?

Please just add an 'Minimize to Tray' option in the general settings.

[pvtjoker42]

there's no reason for it to be forced to the taskbar when it's also in the task tray.. give us an option to choose one or the other or both, but GIVE US THE OPTION! Rolling back to the last beta that didn't have it in the taskbar..

[sputnik1220]

Yup, I find the taskbar icon to be really annoying. It's a waste of space, and I dont' see why it needs to be there.

Including the option to keep it hidden would be great.

[masterk28]

100% agree. WHY on earth would you do such a thing? it is extremely annoying. If you are going to do such a thing at least give us an option to not have a task bar icon. IMHO that is one of the stupidest things you could have done to Xfire, for those of us who keep the Xfire client visable at all times this is a huge waste of space.


Edit: Until the Xfire devs decide to give us an option to not have a taskbar I will be using another client to interface my Xfire Account.

This was a horrible decision to have a taskbar icon without giving an option to not use such.

[eaglshad0w]

I just came to the forum to look for such topic, and to say that I absolutely agree. Please give us the option to disable this and make it the way it was, because it was more efficient. We indeed don't need 2 icons, one is enough and I like my windows UI as clean as possible.

[morgainedax]

Please please please let me have an option to get rid of this.

Edit - Dang, I've been using this for 6 and a half years, and this was my first post? That's how serious this is!

[tomsta123]

Me too, please add an option, I've noticed people complaining about not having it on taskbar and then it is forcefully on it, then you see the people that are complaining about having it on the taskbar.

If you are going to do this, please add an option to switch it off.

First post too

[mcwallen]

Agree to all of this, until xfire isn't putting tabs on my taskbar I'm not going to use it. I don't need it cluttering up that spot when it was perfectly fine on the tray.

[musketeer925]

I, also, came to the forums just to support this. I don't need to take up more space in my taskbar. I've got three monitors, so it's usually already quite full, thanks to all my multitasking.

Please make this new "feature" optional.

[khalaq]

My manner of using Xfire is to have the Xfire window constantly open upon my desktop. If I feel the need to interact with Xfire, it's right there in front of me. But, now I have this annoying tab on my taskbar, as well. I understand there were many people asking for it, but whatever possessed the devs that they decided to NOT make it optional?

Please give me a checkbox enabling me to show/hide Xfire in the taskbar. Thanks much.


-Khalaq

[modest71]

Agreed. Need to find the forums after so many years to see if someone already posted it.

Make it go away or by XFire option enable/disable. Have enough loaded up.

[gargar7]

Agreed. It's an annoyance.

[link68759]

It should be noted that you can easily hide the tray icon (and this happens by default, even).

I don't use explorer as my shell; I just re-activated explorer, enabled, repaired, re-enabled aero and started xfire, on the off chance this was an aero related feature. I still don't see anything different. What the heck is everyone raging about? It behaves like it always does, doesn't it? Shows in taskbar when up, removes from taskbar when minimized. The popularly requested feature is support for the taskbar jumplists.

[vakaris]

It should be noted that you can easily hide the tray icon (and this happens by default, even).

I don't use explorer as my shell; I just re-activated explorer, enabled, repaired, re-enabled aero and started xfire, on the off chance this was an aero related feature. I still don't see anything different. What the heck is everyone raging about? It behaves like it always does, doesn't it? Shows in taskbar when up, removes from taskbar when minimized. The popularly requested feature is support for the taskbar jumplists.

Personally, I always have and had it up in the corner of my desktop, I never minimize or close it. Having tweaked the options that the XFire icon is visible in the tray right next to my clock at all times when active, I am annoyed by the mandatory new "feature" that adds the same thing only in a different place, a place where I don't want to have it, a place where it takes up and wastes space. I'm not the only one with such setup and not the only one annoyed by the newly added clutter as shown by multiple people posting around the XFire forums.

If you haven't understood yet, you can right click the taskbar to bring out the context menu, select properties and then under notification area press customize. From there you can select which icons are always shown, which are shown when active and which are never shown unless the button that shows additional icons is pressed. Alternatively, you can press that button and hit customize. Last thing to remember - notification area items remember the order in which you place them, I placed the XFire icon right next to the clock, I can turn XFire off, restart my computer, etc. and when I boot XFire up again the icon always appears in that very place next to the clock.

The taskbar space reserved for active windows like google chrome and XFire chat windows is needlessly filled with a new tab "Xfire - [Your name here]", seeing as it's icon is right next to the clock anyway. Lastly, when I use the second mouse button to select the XFire tab in the active windows I get the shell context menu, consisting of XFire, Pin this program to taskbar and Close window - not XFire related. When I press on the XFire icon in the tray with the same button, it brings out the XFire window to the top and reveals the XFire context menu, consisting of Launch, Skin, Status, Log off and Exit, so the clutter in the active windows area is also even less useful in addition to taking up a load of space for nothing else then inconveniencing users.

[link68759]

It should be noted that you can easily hide the tray icon (and this happens by default, even).

I don't use explorer as my shell; I just re-activated explorer, enabled, repaired, re-enabled aero and started xfire, on the off chance this was an aero related feature. I still don't see anything different. What the heck is everyone raging about? It behaves like it always does, doesn't it? Shows in taskbar when up, removes from taskbar when minimized. The popularly requested feature is support for the taskbar jumplists.

Personally, I always have and had it up in the corner of my desktop, I never minimize or close it. Having tweaked the options that the XFire icon is visible in the tray right next to my clock at all times when active, I am annoyed by the mandatory new "feature" that adds the same thing only in a different place, a place where I don't want to have it, a place where it takes up and wastes space. I'm not the only one with such setup and not the only one annoyed by the newly added clutter as shown by multiple people posting around the XFire forums.

If you haven't understood yet, you can right click the taskbar to bring out the context menu, select properties and then under notification area press customize. From there you can select which icons are always shown, which are shown when active and which are never shown unless the button that shows additional icons is pressed. Alternatively, you can press that button and hit customize. Last thing to remember - notification area items remember the order in which you place them, I placed the XFire icon right next to the clock, I can turn XFire off, restart my computer, etc. and when I boot XFire up again the icon always appears in that very place next to the clock.

The taskbar space reserved for active windows like google chrome and XFire chat windows is needlessly filled with a new tab "Xfire - [Your name here]", seeing as it's icon is right next to the clock anyway. Lastly, when I use the second mouse button to select the XFire tab in the active windows I get the shell context menu, consisting of XFire, Pin this program to taskbar and Close window - not XFire related. When I press on the XFire icon in the tray with the same button, it brings out the XFire window to the top and reveals the XFire context menu, consisting of Launch, Skin, Status, Log off and Exit, so the clutter in the active windows area is also even less useful in addition to taking up a load of space for nothing else then inconveniencing users.

In short, you want the jumplists or no taskbar at all? I'm sure they're in the process of implementing the jumplist after having enabled the taskbar icon. I also think they have planned to make it optional from the start, but haven't gotten there yet.

Cool your jets all

[vakaris]

In short, you want the jumplists or no taskbar at all? I'm sure they're in the process of implementing the jumplist after having enabled the taskbar icon. I also think they have planned to make it optional from the start, but haven't gotten there yet.

Cool your jets all

I want the tab to be removed from the taskbar like it was before the update - it was perfect back then. I am aware of them considering making it optional, but they didn't say they would make it.

[link68759]

In short, you want the jumplists or no taskbar at all? I'm sure they're in the process of implementing the jumplist after having enabled the taskbar icon. I also think they have planned to make it optional from the start, but haven't gotten there yet.

Cool your jets all

I want the tab to be removed from the taskbar like it was before the update - it was perfect back then. I am aware of them considering making it optional, but they didn't say they would make it.

I guess you could just go use the older version until they clear this up. No big deal

[masterk28]

I guess you could just go use the older version until they clear this up. No big deal

Unless I am missing something here, then as far as I remember you can't choose to use an older version of the Xfire client, it forces you to update.