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		v1ne 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load... Thing is: That's your preference and nobody should force you to use these indicators. Even on Windows, the tray icons are usually mostly hidden away. I find them highly useful on macOS, but there I lack the configurability I have on Windows.

wltr 6 months ago [–]

Having to interact with them, even having to hide them, is forcing them upon me. I don’t understand a reason for them to exist. They’re simply useless to me and a sign of a complex design.

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