Agreed, this is the "correct" behavior, however, I am not sure it is the "best" behavior. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I never quite right about it. Maybe it should fade away, or become translucent?
The original reporter's suggestion of having a "X" to close the notification is very Windows-esqe and is really only useful if the bubble was to remain up until the user acknowledges it. That particular behavior has been often criticized by UI experts and so I would like to remain away from that. -- Notification balloon disappears when hovering over it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511903 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs