Long live the tray. Just don't forget to hide the ones you don't need.
Because the . To check your battery, you don't open "Settings." You glance. To pause music, you don't open Spotify; you click the tray icon. To eject a USB drive, you don't open "This PC"; you use the tray. system tray icons
In the sprawling metropolis of a modern computer operating system—whether Windows, macOS, or a Linux desktop environment—there exists a small, often overlooked district. It is a cramped real estate, usually located in the bottom-right corner of the screen (or top-right on a Mac). This is the system tray, also known as the notification area. And its citizens? A motley, pixelated crew of icons that most users ignore until something goes wrong. Long live the tray