Re: [Ayatana] Message Indicator: Listing apps in menu even if they are not on

[Martin Albisetti <martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> I believe strongly that the only things that should show up in the menu 
> should be the things that are *currently running*

Yes, but, it's also uncomfortable to have to go to somewhere else to run 
something you interact with in the messaging menu.
It becomes a bit of a guessing game on where you have to go to run/open an 
application. I'd expect most users to not really understand the difference 
between running and opening an application.


> or in the very least 
> are explicitly listed as the ones that should show up as launchers in 
> the menu, either via a whitelist/blacklist preference dialog.

Yes, this may be a good idea so we can guarantee a certain level of sanity with 
our default applications (or the ones we have in our repos).
I'm not sure if that should be tackled as a whitelist/blacklist approach or 
patches against upstream packages though.


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Martin