[Qt-interest] Ubuntu Unity - GOODBYE SYSTEM TRAY

[Thiago Macieira]

On Friday, 13 de May de 2011 09:35:50 Bo Thorsen wrote:
> Den 13-05-2011 08:41, Georg Grabler skrev:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If I understand you correctly, it is not integrated "yet" means it could
> > and maybe will be integrated with 4.8 / 4.9?

Not sure if there's enough time for 4.8. We haven't been able to review the 
patches yet.

There will be no 4.9.

> The question is if it should be supported at all? Why should everyone
> else follow just because Mark decides he wants to make Ubuntu look like Mac?

Because the notification item API was designed by the KDE devs (not the 
Canonical devs) to replace the ageing and very broken window-embedding-based 
systray API. It's more modern, allows for proper transparency as well as 
themeing of icons in the systray.

> I was on the team at Canonical that was going to implement it in KDE,
> but quit because I didn't agree with the vision. I still don't.

Uh... it should be the other way around. Unless you mean the app menus.

Either way, Qt integrates with the environment, so if Unity wants that, we 
should integrate, regardless of our opinions on it.

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