Dialectic provides the option to change modes: you can make Dialectic either a background application or a foreground application. In Dialectic’s Preferences window, in the interface section, check or uncheck “Background Only” (Requires Relaunch). Unchecked or disabled means Dialectic will run as a normal application; checked means it will run as a background application. Then quit Dialectic and start it up again; it will now run in the newly selected mode.
Menus
Where Dialectic’s menus are and what they are called depends on whether it is running as a foreground application or a background application.
If Dialectic is running as a background application, then its main menu is a status menu with Dialectic’s icon on the right side of the menubar and is visible even when Dialectic is not the frontmost application. Optionally, the Quick Dial menu, the Recently Dialed menu, and the Address Book menu can appear as status menus as well.
If Dialectic is running as a foreground application, then its main menu is a normal menu visible only when Dialectic is the frontmost application whose title is “Utility”. Optionally, the Quick Dial and Recently Dialed menus can appear as separate menus in the menubar. Even in foreground mode, when the Address Book menu is enabled as a separate menu, it will appear as a status menu on the right side of the menubar even when Dialectic is not the frontmost application.
