On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, George Farris <farr...@cc.mala.bc.ca> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 20:58 +0200, Remco wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 20:45, Chandru <chandru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > It is proposed that from 11.04 the notification area (which allows actions >> > like opening the window with single click and pausing with middle click) >> > will be replaced entirely with indicator applet . So just get used to >> > clicking more if you continue to use Ubuntu. >> >> Wait just a bit. The problem is that the notification area is a poor >> replacement of the window list. Instead of big strips with an icon and >> a title, it's just a tiny icon. And that icon even has arbitrary >> behavior. The idea is to get rid of the notification area *and* to >> reintroduce the removed features in the window list, application >> indicator, or any other place where it is actually appropriate. > > Well then IMHO it should probably have been left at the old behavior > until it was ready. Why totally mess people up with something they have > been doing for "years"? It seems an odd and very broken decision > process. Just sayin! > > Cheers > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
The indicator applet in the long term is trying to eliminate inconsistencies that cause frustration such as George's. I'm not sold on every single aspect of it, but overall, I appreciate their concept. This is an open source ecosystem where new ideas and software should be pushed forward, and may the best win! Ubuntu only has a responsibility to the users to the extent that they'll lose users with bad decisions. George, they don't do a drop-in replacement for notification->indicator applet because the system needs to be user-tested, and phased in to get more applications on board and using it. -- Luke L. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
