On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Chandru <chandru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If notification area is going to be removed as mentioned in this post, > http://design.canonical.com/2010/04/notification-area/, how will > applications which do not target Ubuntu alone and are not maintained by > Ubuntu developers work? > > For example, Skype currently places its icon on the notification area. > There are also a couple of open-source applications (Exaile for example) > which use the notification area. Given the fact that these are written for > Linux in general and don't target just Ubuntu, why would they adopt the > Ubuntu way of placing icons, when it won't work on any other distribution? > > Because they want the application to be properly integrated with the OS ? Developers don't need to replace the existing notification area code, they just need to add support for the integration menus so that will work where such facility is available. I am not sure there will be enough interest/manpower to extender all the current Ubuntu packages to this, most likely the notification are will be an optional component if you need applications which us it. Best regards, -- João Luís Marques Pinto GetDeb Team Leader http://www.getdeb.net http://blog.getdeb.net
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