This is clearly a bug and not a design decision (at least, if this is the same issue as #1102493, which I think it is, and which has been marked as a duplicate). Note that the problem is not that you cannot access a non-focused application with the HUD - the problem is that *only* the messaging indicator is inaccessible through the HUD. Since other indicators _are_ accessible, this clearly is not a design decision.
(Note for example that it is also impossible to bring up a chat window though the HUD with someone who started an Empathy conversation with you and thus is listed in the messaging menu.) ** Also affects: indicator-messages Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: hud Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: hud (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: indicator-messages Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165420 Title: Unable to access indicators from HUD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1165420/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs