[ubuntu-art] Intuitive application lister and other loopy discussions (was Re: next meeting)

[Greg K Nicholson]

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 13:14 -0800, Troy James Sobotka wrote:
> If you want small icons for your running programs, I would assume this
> can be accomplished through other means.

It seems that it can't, since developers keep using the notification are
for this purpose.

> If an app isn't 'notifying' you of something in a transient manner, it
> simply doesn't appear it should be in that tray according to the spec.

I agree. Unfortunately (it appears that) app developers have no other
way to provide equivalent functionality (without resorting to Gnome-,
KDE- or Xfce-only solutions).
-- 
Greg