Will traditional notification area be available in gnome-shell 3.0?

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

Hi folks,

I have a few questions regarding Tomboy in gnome-shell 3.0:

1) Will there still be a regular old notification area available, so
that Tomboy can run in the tray as it always has? (obviously running
in the tray is evil, blah blah blah, let's not get into that right
now)

2) Are there any new or upcoming features in gnome-shell 3.0 that
would allow Tomboy to reimplement its note menu directly in the shell
(something like right-clicking the app icon), so that the notification
area icon would no longer be necessary?

3) Will gnome-shell 3.0 support extensions that modify the shell UI in
arbitrary ways?

Thanks,
Sandy