Comment 170 for bug 390508

I'm not asking for an option to change the daemon, I'm asking for an option to change the behavior of the existing daemon. Changing the daemon has more side effects than just fixing this one issue - it changes the look of the bubbles. If the goal is to get everyone using this new daemon, forcing us back to the old one isn't the way to do it.

That was the option I ended up taking when I first encountered this issue, and it was suboptimal. I've gone through a couple machines since then and the original use case doesn't apply anymore. I've learned to do without the convenience of having personal scripts send me feedback via notifications because Ubuntu made it such a pain.

What I'm asking for is pretty simple - it's replacing a constant in the code with an "if" clause and a configuration check. It's not something an application can force (since Ubuntu is trying to protect us fragile users from inconsistency). It's a choice the user would have to go out of their way to make. I'm suggesting burying it someplace obscure so new users wouldn't be likely to find it, get confused by it or accidentally enable it.

I just don't understand this trend in Ubuntu to completely remove customization options. Pick the defaults you think are best, fine. Hide the complexity from new users, fine. Make it next to impossible for more knowledgeable users to get their system working the way they want it to? Why? How does that benefit Ubuntu? It feels more Apple than Linux.

Anyway, I'm not going to continue this debate with you - it seems to be pointless and it's getting increasingly difficult to avoid swearing. There are something like 40 people complaining about this behavior in this bug, and only a couple people defending the status quo. But clearly we're all just unreasonable.