[Qt-interest] Ubuntu Unity - GOODBYE SYSTEM TRAY

[Bo Thorsen]

Den 13-05-2011 10:24, Thiago Macieira skrev:
> 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.

Not correct. KDE did the notifications, yes. But they were not in any 
way involved in the decision to remove the systray from Ubuntu. Not even 
from Kubuntu. This was decided and implemented by Canonical. The new 
notifiers are not entirely related to the notifications.

>> 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.

No I mean the notifier icons, not the notifications.

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

Fair enough.

Bo Thorsen,
Fionia Software.

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