Screen Saver Won't Gracefully Vanish

rmcohen · 03-26-2003, 12:34 AM

One of the issues in V1.x seems to remain in V2: Depending on various system activities the screen saver minimizes itself to the system task bar (WinXP Pro). This seems to be non-standard behavior; all other screen savers simply terminate.

The issue is that I can't just kill the screen saver at this point but rather I'm forced to maximize it and then use the mouse or a keystroke to force it to go away. This is pretty cumbersome.

Is there a way to overcome this behavior?

feldon34 · 03-26-2003, 11:13 AM

The Aquarium is minimizing because of a notification from e-mail or instant messenger software, or perhaps a scheduled task/utility.

Minimizing has been the requested behavior here on the forums.

In the near future, the Aquarium will have a checkbox to NOT minimize when one of these notifications appears.

rmcohen · 03-26-2003, 01:03 PM

Yes, the checkbox option is desirable. You might also consider a right mouse context menu where a simple Close option is available.

Interesting about the minimize requests as this is pretty non-standard when it comes to screen savers.

Electronic Punk · 04-01-2003, 08:10 AM

Having the same problem, the above solution would be nice.
My computer auto=powers up at 10am and tends to be idle for 9 or so hours.

doverguy · 04-01-2003, 10:38 AM

I would agree that the checkbox option is desirable since minimizing a screen saver to the task bar is very unusual behavior. From what I have always seen, the norm seems to be that screen savers simply terminate and then restart themselves again after the set number of idle minutes has passed.

I have several scheduled tasks that run every night and each morning I now wake up to find MA2 running minimized to the task bar.

I had the same problem in V1.1, but V1.1-7 solved the problem.

I just hope the checkbox option is added in the next version, since using MA2 as a minimized screensaver is just a waste of system resources for me.

jwdd · 04-04-2003, 12:07 PM

MA2 minimizes for me also. I have no tasks scheduled or email program running.

03-26-2003, 12:34 AM	#1
rmcohen Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3	Screen Saver Won't Gracefully Vanish One of the issues in V1.x seems to remain in V2: Depending on various system activities the screen saver minimizes itself to the system task bar (WinXP Pro). This seems to be non-standard behavior; all other screen savers simply terminate. The issue is that I can't just kill the screen saver at this point but rather I'm forced to maximize it and then use the mouse or a keystroke to force it to go away. This is pretty cumbersome. Is there a way to overcome this behavior?

03-26-2003, 11:13 AM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	The Aquarium is minimizing because of a notification from e-mail or instant messenger software, or perhaps a scheduled task/utility. Minimizing has been the requested behavior here on the forums. In the near future, the Aquarium will have a checkbox to NOT minimize when one of these notifications appears. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-04-2003, 12:07 PM	#6
jwdd Registered Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 133	Minimzing MA2 minimizes for me also. I have no tasks scheduled or email program running.

03-26-2003, 01:03 PM	#3
rmcohen Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3	Yes, the checkbox option is desirable. You might also consider a right mouse context menu where a simple Close option is available. Interesting about the minimize requests as this is pretty non-standard when it comes to screen savers.

04-01-2003, 08:10 AM	#4
Electronic Punk Twisted Animator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Stone Henge Posts: 39	Having the same problem, the above solution would be nice. My computer auto=powers up at 10am and tends to be idle for 9 or so hours.

04-01-2003, 10:38 AM	#5
doverguy Registered Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5	I would agree that the checkbox option is desirable since minimizing a screen saver to the task bar is very unusual behavior. From what I have always seen, the norm seems to be that screen savers simply terminate and then restart themselves again after the set number of idle minutes has passed. I have several scheduled tasks that run every night and each morning I now wake up to find MA2 running minimized to the task bar. I had the same problem in V1.1, but V1.1-7 solved the problem. I just hope the checkbox option is added in the next version, since using MA2 as a minimized screensaver is just a waste of system resources for me.