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[Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frederik Nnaji" <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>
>> Real shortly then: broken but not-yet-replaceable applications needs two
>> things from their indicators:
>>
>> 1. to  be able to interact left/right click etc
>> 2. to be able to be seen at all times
>>
>> That's it. Otherwise they break the *experience*. As described, above. Not
>>  unusable, but it's a definite regression, and as I see so far it seems
>> mostly just "because", and I think it's a bit strange when it doesn't make
>> it fit more into the whole anyway.
>>
>
>that's your POV, not necessarily fact.
>Fact is, we are bringing consistency and design to the panel.
>I see nothing wrong with keeping notification area as a panel applet you can
>install manuall, e.g. when installing Wine.
>
>Things change all the time, and apps have to adapt to that all the time,
>regression is perhaps the correct term for this, but this is not an error,
>since we are well aware of it.
>
A regression is still a regression even if it's on purpose. The problem is that often one person's feature is another person's regression. 

Scott K