Re: I believe we should reconsider our sys-tray removal

[Niels De Graef <nielsdegraef gmail com>]

Hey Justin,

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Cheers,
nielsdg

On ma, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:18 AM, Justin Joseph via desktop-devel-list 
<desktop-devel-list gnome org> wrote:
> Sorry, how do I unsubscribe from this list? I can't find any option.
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar, 2019, 2:27 PM Allan Day via desktop-devel-list, 
> <desktop-devel-list gnome org> wrote:
> > Hey Britt,
> >
> > Britt Yazel <bwyazel gnome org> wrote:
> > > I want to re-poen an old argument now that we have seen the effects 
> > > of removing the sys-tray/app-indicator tray for well over a year. 
> > > In short, the users are not happy.
> >
> > As I recently wrote on GitLab [1], I'm open to re-evaluating this 
> > from a design perspective. However, I think we'd need a different 
> > implementation from GtkStatusIcon, and to my knowledge acceptable 
> > alternative isn't available.
> >
> > > I believe our goals of putting pressure on application developers 
> > > to ditch the antiquated app-indicator model fell mostly on deaf ears
> >
> > The goal was never to force app developers to do anything, and they 
> > can include a status indicator if they want. It's just that it won't 
> > be shown by default. If you haven't seen it, I wrote a lengthy 
> > account on my blog [2].
> >
> > > An example of this biting us in the arse is that with 3.32 TopIcons 
> > > is causing the CPU usage to run through the roof, and people are 
> > > blaming the Shell for the CPU usage, not the extension, leaving our 
> > > users with a bad taste in their mouths.
> >
> > Can we can do a better job at sign-posting which extension people 
> > should use?
> >
> > Allan
> > --
> > [1] 
> > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1014#note_457856
> > [2] https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2017/08/31/status-icons-and-gnome/
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