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[Allan Caeg <allancaeg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>
 wrote:

> This separation is addressed in the fact that they are getting rid of the
> notification area, moving all icons to the indicator applet. The clock
> applet has a new version in the works as well.
>

Thanks, Tyler. I didn't know about the new clock applet. I hope, it
addresses the issue


On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> If I remember correctly, there was a design principle stating
> that if things are different, make them very different because
> small differences look like mistakes. That sounds like the
> issues Allan is pointing: because the things in the corner *look*
> like they have similar behavior, it is frustrating for the
> user discovering that they do *not*.


That's right!