Hi all, I'd like to (strongly) vote against the change to Application indicators. Yes I have read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators/ and even though the goal seem laudable, its (current) implementation is severely broken IMO.
First, the implementation is broken because it heavily reduce usability in a lot of use cases. Take a simple use case: show Rhythmbox, do any rythmbox-specific action (like viewing the next songs) and hide the window. Previously, it was only a matter of two clicks on the same icon (ie very fast), now it's click, move mouse, click, mouve mouse, click. Secondly, it is currently way more inconsistent than before (how ironic given the stated goal of reducing inconsistencies). Currently, I have 6 applications in my notification area: xchat, liferea, pidgin, skype, NetworkManager and rhythmbox. They all behave the same *except* for rhythmbox: left-click = show/hide, right-click = menu with options. To that list, you can also add Tomboy, which also behaves the same even if it is an applet. How is the current situation more consistent than having rhythmbox use the same behavior as other applications as it does upstream? Thanks for reading, -- Gaëtan de Menten _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
