I'd really prefer separate applets for sound and battery and whatever else is lumped into the indicator applet. For one, putting them in the indicator applet is counter-intuitive. An indicator is for, well, indicating things, not controlling them. If I'm looking for a volume control, "indicator" is probably the absolute last place I'd look.
In addition, the icon-icon spacing in the indicator applet is huge and unconfigurable, and the only way I've found to get rid of the envelope icon (that I'll never use) is to remove indicator-messages completely. I'm using a laptop with only the top panel, so real estate is at a premium. I could easily fit three or even four launchers in the space taken up by the two remaining icons on the indicator applet, or get several more characters visible in the window list. At the very least, provide the traditional separate applets as an option for those that don't like the indicator. Between Ubuntu and Gnome, the distribution seems to get less and less easily configurable/customizable with each release. I'm all for making improvements, but removing UI configurability is the easiest way to push people to a different distribution. If I wanted to use someone else's vision of the "One True UI", I'd probably still be using windoze. -- No sound applet on the gnome panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526796 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
