Much more technical diagnoses that I was about to write, but this is exactly the behavior I've noticed as well. Well done, sir.
I have Pidgin set to flash if I have a message needing attention as well, and so I intentionally look in the upper right corner when I see the flicker. Damned annoying. -- nm-applet causes flicker by needlessly changing itself https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229559 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
