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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 20:13, Roland Taylor <rolandixor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 06/16/2011 06:54 AM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> in Unity, shouldn't the Messaging menu indicator appear only once a
> messaging application is up and running? i have neither a mail app nor an
> instant messaging app running at the moment, still the envelope appears in
> the panel.
> While it improves discoverability for the launchers in the menu, it makes
> discoverability as an indicator of transient events worse.
>
>  it also clutters the users mental model of how to launch apps and how to
> use indicators in relation.
>
>  i'd suggest put Chat, Mail and Broadcast into the Unity Launcher and add
> a confirmation dialog to the removal option (Keep In Launcher).
> So when somebody unticks "Keep In Launcher", she is asked to confirm that.
>
>  The envelope makes more sense when a messaging related app is running,
> imo.
>
>
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> I think this exactly why we need the option to auto-hide
> indicators/notification-area items in Unity (I wish GNOME had done this ages
> ago).
>

u say "items".. that's interesting. the next thought i had was to hide the
entire panel and only "indicate" transient events.
we're probably talking about the same thing..