Comment 5 for bug 1013836

Well, IMO it is a bug, --silent should be some kind of preload, it should be read as "if it's not already running load it so it'll faster to access" and thus if it shows up it's a bug. Plus, from a practical POV, it could be launched with --silent to be sure Slingshot will be ready to use when needed and then it mustn't show up. On the other hand, if you have any use case for leaving it as it is I'd be glad to hear it :)