diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d5bba63..b5e3169 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ Cross-platform SystemTray and AppIndicator support for java applications. This libraries only purpose is to show *reasonably* decent system-tray icons and app-indicators with a simple popup-menu. There are a number of problems on Linux with the Swing (and SWT) system-tray icons, namely that + 1. Swing system-tray icons on linux **do not** support transparent backgrounds (they have a white background) + 2. Swing/SWT **do not** support app-indicators, which are necessary on more recent versions of linux (ie: ubuntu) + 3. Swing popup menus look like crap - system-tray icons use a JMenuPopup, which looks nicer than the java 'regular' one. - app-indicators use native popups.