I find the developer response to this bug report both insulting and
comical...

You seriously... are comparing a notifier application to OpenOffice or 
evolution?
I think you have slightly distorted view on things if you believe that you must 
make up for the sins of others by chopping your own legs off at the knees.  
There's no *good* reason to hobble this program because some have overused 
miscellaneous options.

Configurable options are needed in programs in order for them to be
usable for precisly the reasons that Mike is pointing out here.  Not
everyone uses their desktop in the same way.  A notifier can exist and
function well for tons of people with just a few options.  Hard coding
things the way you are doing is going to piss off alot of people.

If your goal is to get people to use and enjoy using this distribution,
it should be made configurable for people with different tastes or NEEDS
than your own.   I happen to hate those god damned notification bubbles,
so as much as Mike hate's not being informed by them, I hate seeing
them.   Those are two very important and desirable options to include in
ANY notifier application.  Look at all the popular IM applications...
they all have many options for how to be notified...  for good
reasons... the users wanted them.

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notify-osd doesn't honor my preference
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346095
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