Idea
OpenConnct today has no menu bar presence at all — every action (mute/solo a
channel, check a level, run "Set the level for me…") requires switching to the
app window. A lightweight menu bar item could expose the actions someone
reaches for constantly during a call, without bringing the app to the front:
- Per-channel Mute / Solo toggles, with the current level shown as a
compact meter or word (silent/quiet/good/loud/too loud, as the app
already computes for the main meter)
- A "mute all" panic action
- Maybe: jump straight to a channel's settings for "Set the level for me…"
This is quality-of-life, not a replacement for the main window — the full
per-channel controls (gain, HPF, gate, compressor, exciter, fader) stay there.
Open questions
NSStatusItem (regular menu bar icon) vs. MenuBarExtra (SwiftUI) — depends
on how the app is structured today.
- Whether this should be optional (a setting), given some people may not want
another permanent menu bar icon; see the related presence-choice issues below
for apps that already have one.
Related
Not the same request as the presence-choice issues filed against the apps that
already have a menu bar item (trsdn/OpenPromptr #32 and others) — this is the
opposite gap: OpenConnct currently has no menu bar item to make optional.
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Idea
OpenConnct today has no menu bar presence at all — every action (mute/solo a
channel, check a level, run "Set the level for me…") requires switching to the
app window. A lightweight menu bar item could expose the actions someone
reaches for constantly during a call, without bringing the app to the front:
compact meter or word (
silent/quiet/good/loud/too loud, as the appalready computes for the main meter)
This is quality-of-life, not a replacement for the main window — the full
per-channel controls (gain, HPF, gate, compressor, exciter, fader) stay there.
Open questions
NSStatusItem(regular menu bar icon) vs.MenuBarExtra(SwiftUI) — dependson how the app is structured today.
another permanent menu bar icon; see the related presence-choice issues below
for apps that already have one.
Related
Not the same request as the presence-choice issues filed against the apps that
already have a menu bar item (trsdn/OpenPromptr #32 and others) — this is the
opposite gap: OpenConnct currently has no menu bar item to make optional.
🤖 Generated with Claude Code