Sorry, how do I unsubscribe from this list? I can't find any option. On Mon, 25 Mar, 2019, 2:27 PM Allan Day via desktop-devel-list, < desktop-devel-list@gnome.org> wrote:
> Hey Britt, > > Britt Yazel <bwya...@gnome.org> wrote: > >> >> I want to re-poen an old argument now that we have seen the effects of >> removing the sys-tray/app-indicator tray for well over a year. In short, >> the users are not happy. >> > > As I recently wrote on GitLab [1], I'm open to re-evaluating this from a > design perspective. However, I think we'd need a different implementation > from GtkStatusIcon, and to my knowledge acceptable alternative isn't > available. > > >> I believe our goals of putting pressure on application developers to >> ditch the antiquated app-indicator model fell mostly on deaf ears >> > > The goal was never to force app developers to do anything, and they can > include a status indicator if they want. It's just that it won't be shown > by default. If you haven't seen it, I wrote a lengthy account on my blog > [2]. > > >> An example of this biting us in the arse is that with 3.32 TopIcons is >> causing the CPU usage to run through the roof, and people are blaming the >> Shell for the CPU usage, not the extension, leaving our users with a bad >> taste in their mouths. >> > > Can we can do a better job at sign-posting which extension people should > use? > > Allan > -- > [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1014#note_457856 > [2] https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2017/08/31/status-icons-and-gnome/ > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
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