Message notifier: Why a panel applet?

[Ted Gould]

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 19:11 -0800, Dylan McCall wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, why is the new message notifier a distinct
> panel applet and not just a daemon that presents itself in the
> notification area when appropriate? Is there a specific reason for
> this design, or should I start loudly promoting the idea that the new
> message notifier should go where all other notifications go for the
> sake of desktop-neutrality and usability?

The status area really provides very little in the way usability.  Each
icon in the notification area behaves very differently and has different
actions based on how you click on it.  Also, they work together very
poorly.

While there is a cross desktop spec it isn't really useful for most what
we're trying to accomplish.  We plan on making a KDE version of the
messaging indicator, but unfortunately we're not going to be able to
deliver that for Jaunty.

		--Ted

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/attachments/20090310/40019708/attachment.sig>