> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:16:00 +0000 > From: m...@canonical.com > To: ktp...@live.com > Subject: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful > status information > > Pausanias, the notification area is not a "guarantee of authenticity" in > either Windows or Ubuntu. In both OSes it can be used by third-party > applications, including malware. And in both OSes the vendor is clamping > down on third-party use, though in different ways. We're at an > advantage, because most Ubuntu applications are Free Software, so we can > patch them and send those patches upstream. Microsoft has to resort to > more code and interface bloat: a dialog listing all notification icons > past and present, with options to prevent them appearing in future. > <http://howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/clean-up-past-notification- > icons-in-windows-vista/> >
At least the user still has control over his/her system. Hack why don't you do something like windows, hide the least used. I still don't understand why does the user who wants it will have to leave without it. _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 -- [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
