** Description changed:

- In the wiki page of status menus 
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CustomStatusMenuDesignGuidelines), it's stated that: 
+ In the wiki page of status menus 
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CustomStatusMenuDesignGuidelines), it's stated that:
  "Like other menus, status menus do not have tooltips"
  Well, the former is not true. In Ubuntu, the Application, Places, System 
menus do have their own tooltips. So does Network Manager and the date/time 
applet. They all show important information in tooltips, without the need of 
further interaction.
  
  The main reason for the report is Transmission losing a feature. When using 
the systray icon, i can easily check transfer rates by hovering the pointer 
above it. With the new status menu, i have to click to open the menu, one other 
to open the window and the third to close it again. True, this can be reduced 
to one by including the rates in the menu - but it's still a click.
  I'm sure there are other software too, where using a tooltip is the most 
efficient way to show the most often needed information.
  
  So I'm kindly asking you to reconsider your plans with(out) the tooltip.
  I think usability should be above dogmatic considerations like menus not
  having tooltips.

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please include status messages/tooltips
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527458
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