We are currently using the Tray/Notification Area Icon as a place to interact with the apps settings or to terminate it.
The Tray/Notification Area has been there since the initial stages of Windows OS and were a great way for background apps to interact with users without any additional windows opening.
But they are now considered as obsolete or old tech and UWP apps are already using different APIs to compete with the tray icon (such as JumpList, live tiles and toast notifications & etc.)
Since by plan we are eventually moving to MSIX, it will be an opportunity for us to do the same "Modern methods" that UWP apps do.
For context :
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63704247/91955990-a075cd80-ed21-11ea-9b82-79478117a60f.png)
Current method using tray icon for hosting the menu
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63704247/91955954-90f68480-ed21-11ea-8bd6-0de59e900b0e.png)
MS Edge Dev's context menu containing jump list tasks for opening new windows
This issue is not only a proposal but a question for users about what they think. And to travel the path which they favour.
Also the Tray/Notification Area won't be visible in Tablet mode. So the proposed method will be a modern and viable alternative.
There are still some issues surrounding this topic :
Proposal: Have WinUI Desktop support the UWP Jumplist API
Proposal: System tray icon for WinUI 3 Desktop (Win32 and .NET Core)