AdiumX as a background process

[cshbell]

Is there a way, or could a future version of AdiumX include the option to run AdiumX as a background or invisible process, removing it from the list of applications that show up when Cmd-Tab is pressed? It's quite annoying to accidentally switch into the IM client when I have 5 or 6 other applications running.

The dock icon and/or the menubar icon (remember the menubar?) would still contain an AdiumX icon, or AdiumX could be activated via a hotkey sequence.

[The_Tick]

Adium is a gui app, why in the world would removing it from the cmd+tab selection need to be an option?

[Wengero]

the menubar icon (remember the menubar?)

the menubar icon is still there...

[noleli]

If you want to lose access to the menus, you could add the key NSUIElement with string value 1 to the Info.plist. Then move it out and back in of your applications folder, because the Finder caches some Info.plist stuff. It just doesn't seem very useful that way.

[jstamos]

I think we can safely say this will be a personal modification and not something that would ever, in a million years, be a standard feature of Adium.

You've been pointed in the right directions by everyone above, so if you'd like to do it, good luck to you.

[Son of a Preacher Man]

I assume the idea is iChat-style functionality, where you can still be signed in without the actual app open? I love that feature, but I know it's a route you can't and don't want to go down.

[zaudragon]

If you want to lose access to the menus, you could add the key NSUIElement with string value 1 to the Info.plist. Then move it out and back in of your applications folder, because the Finder caches some Info.plist stuff. It just doesn't seem very useful that way.

LSUIElement with a Boolean value of True/Yes is the preferred method now.

[cshbell]

I assume the idea is iChat-style functionality, where you can still be signed in without the actual app open? I love that feature, but I know it's a route you can't and don't want to go down.

The idea here is the correct one: to mimic iChat functionality to where it is not necessary to have the GUI window present to be signed in. I don't see what that's "a router [we] can't and don't want to go down." I'd much prefer having a menubar icon than yet another omnipresent application window.

BTW developers, don't shoot, I'm just asking questions. Sheesh.

[ofri]

The problem with your request is that in order to do this, a complete redesign and rewrite of adium will be required. It simply doesn't worth the effort...

[The_Tick]

I assume the idea is iChat-style functionality, where you can still be signed in without the actual app open? I love that feature, but I know it's a route you can't and don't want to go down.

The idea here is the correct one: to mimic iChat functionality to where it is not necessary to have the GUI window present to be signed in. I don't see what that's "a router [we] can't and don't want to go down." I'd much prefer having a menubar icon than yet another omnipresent application window.

It's simply something we don't see as useful.

BTW developers, don't shoot, I'm just asking questions. Sheesh.

And we were answering..