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[Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 11:18 -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> We've been pushing this 'ethereal notification' idea for a long time.
> Has anybody outside Ubuntu picked up on it? Why or why not? Is it a
> direction that should be continued on, or is a course-change required?

I haven't seen nor read about another distro picking it up, outside
those downstream from Ubuntu.  What's more disconcerting is that Mozilla
hasn't committed.  And I don't blame them.  To implement notifications
is to lose functionality.  

Essentially, what the problem is that the spec removed a common desktop
level interactive loop and replaced it with multiple ad-hoc application
level paths.  It created the a problem similar to the one that the
application indicator is trying to solve.

While I like the current notifications, the side effects of this change
weren't fully pursued.  I suggested a solution on this group back in
December that would have left the current notifications intact exactly
as they are, but with a panel icon to extend functionality for those
that needed it.  It was not received well.  

However, one part mystically appeared in the Me Menu. Hmm. :)