Re: A cross-platform status icon api

[Jochen Baier stud uni-karlsruhe de]

some thoughts about EggStatusIcon:

*the function prototypes should be made future save with transparency background
in  mind (in the future the tray spec probably change from sending window IDs to
"sending" icons to make transparency possible).

*meanwhile transparency could be faked with copy the panel background and use it
as the widget background. (little bit ugly, but nothing is more ugly then the
gray background from the gaim icon under KDE ;) )

*usefull function:

gboolean gtk_status_icon_is_supported() or
gboolean gtk_status_icon_have_(status)applet... what ever

*balloon message and tooltip should be the same. the "message" will probably
mostly show on mouse over. a balloon shaped message will look better.

*notification stuff should be reduced to "gtk_status_icon_show_balloon"
or completely removed.

jochen