You can disable the timeline updating of Choqok (the timeline is the list of posts by you and your friends).

Another special feature is the ability to notify the user about new received posts.

You can do a quick post by pressing Ctrl+T to open the quick micro-blog window and write your post:

When new posts are received, Choqok marks them as unread and shows the number of unread posts in the system tray icon. When the main window is shown and then minimized to system tray it then marks all new messages as read.