On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 16:14 -0400, Celeste Lyn Paul wrote: > My question is: Why? To what purpose are all registered applications > always listed in the MI, regardless if they are running or not, if > they have messages or not, if the user even uses them or not. The question comes down to whether users know if the applications are running or not. If I'm used to going to the messaging menu to accomplish the task "Open the Pidgin Buddy List" should I have to know whether Pidgin is running or not? So in the case where it's not running the computer launches the application and brings up the buddy list. In the case where it was running, it brings the buddy list forward. Either way the user accomplishes the task independent of what the computer is doing. There is an issue with numbers of apps, which is rare, but unavoidable as it's nearly impossible to determine "the mail application I use" except by what's installed. We're providing a blacklisting feature for people to remove applications from the list. --Ted
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