Hi;

On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 15:46 +0100, Kris Warkentin wrote:
> 
> I disagree with this argument.  Almost all panels can be 'auto-hidden' 
> whether on Windows, Linux or OSX.  This doesn't take away from the 
> functionality of being able to dock to the panel.  And, as someone else 
> mentioned, there are still the notification popups to show status updates.
> 

OK, what I mean is the sys tray spec for *Linux* has no hooks for the
applet to request it become visible if hidden. Yes the tray could hook
into an applet message (notification popups) but not if an applet
demands attention via changing its applets appearance (i.e flashing). If
you dont care about that then it would work fine in the myzone (though
Id proxy any messages through libnotifiy for neatness).

I wasn't aware on OSX you could actually hide its system tray. On
windows its just this weird confusing dumping ground for apps random
functionality - exactly what I believe was trying to be avoided by not
having one in Moblin (but allowing for custom panels).

   == Matthew

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