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On searching for design documents for the Application Indicators I just
found the old one. [1]

Currently, Application Indicators work as icons which provide a regular
menu on click. This change was done due the fact that users should not
get distracted by suddenly opening fullscreen applications or because
opening an application on click was implemented either by left or right
click. I understand the concerns and decision made.

However, new applications like Chrome's Google Now Notifications provide
a custom-styled dialog, which on Ubuntu just don't work right, because
of the limitations. Windows, Chrome OS and Mac OS X got it right. On
Ubuntu you have to click on the indicator icon, then on the menu item
"chrome notifications" and then the indicator reloads and the dialog is
presented. [2,3]

I would like to raise my voice and eventually to make you reconsider the design decisions taken.
I would like to have more of an conversation about this particular topic, since there is still time for Unity 8 on the desktop.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators
[2] http://d0od.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Untitled-7-750x326.jpg
[3] http://www.omgchrome.com/google-chrome-for-linux-adds-aura-developer-channel

** Affects: indicator-application (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
         Status: New

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[indicators] reconsider indicators to act as regular menus only
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1356816
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