System Tray / Notification Area / Dock icon.

[ciaobaby]

With reference to this raised issue/feature (#2455) at github. Could some kind soul PLEASE explain to me why the colour/color, shape, saturation, etc. is somehow important?

Because; and to paraphrase from the world's third or fourth, though ostensibly best known fantasy fiction saga, "If thy tray icon offends thee, ... ... Just hide it" ...

[Muzak]

(depending on your theme) the current windows tray icon doesn't have a lot of contrast.... Why it matters or is important to some people?  Only they know why..... hehehe

[ciaobaby]

I know, I spend most of my day looking at one of my computers, reading 'e-books', watching documentaries, news, server monitoring UIs etc. etc. [ I don't possess a mind numbing T.V. by choice ] and I pay little or no attention to such trivialities, it's not as if anyone is likely to treat a computer screen as a "Work of art" but if they do ... ... The advice they should pay attentions is ...


... Go get a hobby!!

[Nemo]

Thanks for his input on making that new icon but that doesn't look good at all compared to the current one. Current one looks perfect, atleast over here with W7.