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[Mirco Müller <mirco.mueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The interaction-design (or rather non-interaction design) of desktop-
notifications wrt to NotifyOSD (used in conjuction with unity7 on the
current desktop) does explicitly not provide any means to allow/force
the user to act on them (e.g. close them).

The notification-bubbles do not get in your way (they are click-through
and "defocus" if you hover the mouse-pointer over them) to not break any
workflow and interrupt your current actions (e.d. clicking button,
reading text) with any UI-element, which might be below the
notification-bubbles.

That's why it's marked as "Won't Fix". For reference, please read
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD#Rationale

The new notification-system (for unity8) revisits notifications and their interaction-design. Currently unity8 is only used on devices such as phones and tablets, but will make its way to the desktop too (keyword: convergence). As a glimpse of how it's going to look, you can watch... 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvTBWcnTI1M1n66KdFJRyakGlANTTbfQ

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008182

Title:
  Provide a link to close notifications

Status in notify-osd package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Currently when I reconnect to the internet it is displayed a
  notification on top right corner of the screen. When I put the mouse
  over the ballon, it gets semi-transparent but there is no way to close
  it completely not to reduce the amount of time the message is
  displayed.

  Please provide at least a close link [x] on these ballons.

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