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[Ayatana] Let's have the launcher phagocytize the new system tray
Hey, I have an idea. Maybe this was discussed here before; if it was, I'm sorry.
There was an ayatana thread here discussing a short-term solution for e-mail in Ubuntu. One thing I particularly remember from it was something about duplication of effort when it comes to shortcuts and how to access features; since the launcher now has an API, you can click on the messaging menu or right-click on evolution icon in the launcher, etc.
Well, this inspired me. Do we really need the system tray when similar things can be achieved through the launcher now?
Picture it: Instead of using the launcher icon to launch / focus Clementine and the sound menu to control it, why don't we have the sound menu functions embedded into Clementine right-click menu?
Or, instead, why don't we have an icon in the launcher with the same functions the sound menu currently has?
The same goes for, say, Transmission (when not launched, right-clicking would only show regular menu; after it's launched, right-click would show indicator menu), Ejecter (I'm currently using it, that's why I had the idea), keyboard layout, messaging menu... Everything!
Me menu could then mix up with the messaging menu (something that has been discussed here) or become a lense.
Shut down button, with all its options, could also become an icon in the launcher (something not removable, like the rubbish bin is right now).
I guess it would be better to keep the clock in the panel, though.
I'm not a coder, so I don't think how feasible this is, but I want to emphasise that all the work put in the appindicator thing wouldn't be wasted, since all the information provided through it would just be redirected to the launcher. I guess not a lot of code would have to be written to hook these things up, am I right? Upstream applications wouldn't need to adapt anything; their code right now would work with any implementation of indicators, be it on classical 2D gnome or in Unity.
I don't know, but I think this is neat, what do you think? =)
Peterson