Bug 279158

Summary:	on autostart of Skype, it should be started so that it is hidden from system tray
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] telepathy	Reporter:	m.wege
Component:	contactlist	Assignee:	Telepathy Bugs <kde-telepathy-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	git-latest
Target Milestone:	0.4.0
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description m.wege 2011-08-02 11:02:17 UTC

Version:           git-latest (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

When telepathy starts Skype, the Skype icon is shown in the system tray. This is kind not usefull, since telepathy should manage Skype. I have not tested, since I have the settings already, but I assume, that telepathy also does not change settings of Skype so that chat window sounds and notifications are muted.

Reproducible: Didn't try



Expected Results:  
Telepathy should hide Skype from the visuable system tray and (if not happening already) change settings that notification(s) (sounds) and chat windows of Skype do not appear.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 3.0.0-7-generic
Compiler: gcc

Comment 1 Daniele E. Domenichelli 2011-08-03 10:05:21 UTC

Skype is proprietary software, we don't have any chance to modify its behaviour.

In KDE you can hide system tray entries from System Tray Settings > Entries, find Skype and choose "Hidden" instead of "Auto".
You can also hide skype notifications from skype options.

Perhaps it could be possible to modify automatically notification events and sounds, but this should a bug of skype plugin for telepathy-haze, not of the contact list, therefore I'm closing this.