@unwesen; thanks for your detailed bug report! Marked 'opinion' because the official Ubuntu pattern for surfacing alerts is to use the indicators and/or the notification system (while will be enhanced during the 12.10 cycle). Agreed with your comment regarding the difficulties of improving the integration of Skype's default client, but skypekit + custom linux front ends seems to be the future.
However also note that if a window is issuing an alert, clicking on the application's launcher icon or selecting the app icon in alt-tab should always bring the window issuing the alert to the front of the z-stack (the alert overrides raising of the 'last focused window') -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883000 Title: unity has no way to indicate which dialog is claiming for attention To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/883000/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
