> But statements about how apps currently behave miss the point. Well, there's a problem with the way apps currently behave, regardless of the idealized way they should theoretically behave.
> Rather, I don't see what, to the user, is the useful difference between an icon in the taskbar and an icon in the notification area So Rhythmbox and Pidgin should be applets that reside solely on the Panel? > It may shed a little light on the matter if I point out that this use of the notification area is not what it was designed for, and is a recent development: I think the idea spilled over from the system tray on MS Windows. Microsoft considers the term "system tray" incorrect: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx The system tray is, however, defined for KDE and the freedesktop spec: http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/kde3arch/protocols-docking.html http://standards.freedesktop.org/systemtray-spec/systemtray-spec-latest.html As far as I'm concerned, the "iconify" button applies to either notification area icons or applet icons. -- Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
