The interaction-design (or rather non-interaction design) of desktop- notifications wrt to NotifyOSD (used in conjuction with unity7 on the current desktop) does explicitly not provide any means to allow/force the user to act on them (e.g. close them).
The notification-bubbles do not get in your way (they are click-through and "defocus" if you hover the mouse-pointer over them) to not break any workflow and interrupt your current actions (e.d. clicking button, reading text) with any UI-element, which might be below the notification-bubbles. That's why it's marked as "Won't Fix". For reference, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD#Rationale The new notification-system (for unity8) revisits notifications and their interaction-design. Currently unity8 is only used on devices such as phones and tablets, but will make its way to the desktop too (keyword: convergence). As a glimpse of how it's going to look, you can watch... http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvTBWcnTI1M1n66KdFJRyakGlANTTbfQ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008182 Title: Provide a link to close notifications Status in notify-osd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Currently when I reconnect to the internet it is displayed a notification on top right corner of the screen. When I put the mouse over the ballon, it gets semi-transparent but there is no way to close it completely not to reduce the amount of time the message is displayed. Please provide at least a close link [x] on these ballons. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/1008182/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp