Rob Bradford wrote:
Jochen.Baier@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
wrote:
in may opinion it is more horrible that you
think you can decide what other
people should do and what not. if the user want such functionality
there should
be such a functionality. i know the HIG for the "new" notification area
and it
is good for notificate the user. so way not make a new panel applet for
notification and the old one is for "traying". problem solved. ALL
people are
happy (not only the HIG guys).
The point I was trying to make (in a somewhat silly and satirical way)
was that the notification area as it currently exists may well
disappear with the new notification framework. So relying on an
infrastructure that was never intended for the purpose you use it for
may well be foolish idea. I'm not criticising your software, its
certainly been done before (gnome-swallow-applet) and it might even be
considered useful in some situations. As the author you of course feel
that i'm making a personal insult against you, that is far from my
intention. I just wonder what the sensibility is of including a package
where the infrastructure it relies on may well enter a state of flux in
the forseeable future.
Cheers,
Rob
PS: Please use a better MUA, one that doesn't break threading and
correctly quotes when replying.
I have no idea about a new framework for notifications; maybe the
current notification will desappear, I don't know, meanwhile I like to
use this application. There are a lot of software who will disappear in
the future anyway.
I think the term "notification area" is a gnome thing, in kde the term
"system tray" is valid.
This URL tells about a nice definition of "system tray" from
freedesktop: http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/systemtray-spec
Grettings
Carlos C Soto
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