Software applications that have an option to put them in the Windows system tray instead of the Windows Taskbar are providing users with options needed to manage the open applications and folders in Windows. Some applications on the other hand do not come with an option to minimize them to the windows system tray. The [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

There are several applications out there that can move almost every open window from the Windows Taskbar to the Windows System Tray. Tray It is one of the more popular applications. It is portable, comes with a clean interface and does the job flawlessly. Tray It remembers settings and the only downside of using it [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows System Tray clock does not provide many ways to customize its appearance and format. The only two options that are available are to display the clock – or not – and to change the time. The position of the taskbar changes the information that the clock is displaying. The clock will only display [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

It can come quite handy sometimes to access the bookmarks as fast as possible to be able to visit a website without delay. A fast and convenient way is to add an icon to the system tray that provides access to all of the bookmarks. One software that provides that functionality is Links 2 Tray [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, ie, Opera, Software

Some applications that are running in the background are displaying an icon in the Windows System Tray to give the user faster access to the program’s options. While this option is useful for some applications it does look kinda ugly especially if a lot of icons are visible in the system tray.

Categories: Knowledge, Operating Systems, Windows

Taskable is a great alternative for online or offline feedreaders, it is a RSS browser that places an icon in the windows system tray making it a very effective method of displaying those feeds. I really like the ease of use and space-saving nature of taskable, I mainly use it to display my most read feeds in the system tray and check on them periodically.

Categories: Operating Systems, The Web, Windows

I´ve written some articles on Pandora before; For those who have not heard of the service let me shortly explain what it is all about. Pandora is a music service thats looks at your choice of music and tries to find music that matches this taste. You are free to add a song title, a album or artist and Pandora creates a radio station that plays music that is like the music that you have chosen. The music plays then in your browsers window until you close it.

Categories: Tools

This freeware tool is so sweet. I hate when dozens of windows clutter my precious taskbar space with no means to minimize them to the tray. I especially don´t like it when I´am not using the program for a long time but want to keep it running, for example transcoding large video streams.

Categories: Tools