Re: Notification icons hell (was Re: [gpm] Re: Gnome 2.16 Module Proposal: GNOME Power Manager)

[Steve Frécinaux <nudrema gmail com>]

Rodney Dawes wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 08:37 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> >  + the gossip icon. It just sits there, while I have no message. It
> >    should be an applet.
>
> Making it an applet doesn't solve the problem. It's still the same icon
> sitting on your panel, taking up space, doing absolutely nothing for
> you. In fact, making it an applet would be a regression, as it would no
> longer work under other desktops as well.

But it would allow me to put the icon wherever I want to put it, and not 
in the notification area.