Nm-applet is not an applet

[windsurfer]

The nm-applet currently sits in the notification area. This is not where applets are supposed to reside. The notification area is supposed to be reserved for notifications. Since nm-applet is not notifying of any particular status, it should be a panel applet.

Please see the Gnome HIG: http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/desktop-notification-area.html.en

An excerpt as pertaining to panel applets:
"Notification Area or Panel Applet?

You should probably write an applet instead of using the notification area if:

    * clicking your notification area icon does anything other than opening a window directly associated with the icon (e.g. a mail folder window for a new mail icon, or a print queue window for printer notification icon), or
    * there are icon-specific options on its context menu for doing anything other than that
    * your application would ever need to display more than one notification icon at the same time"

This can be fixed by making nm-applet a panel applet.

[Tony Espy (awe)]

First, this is clearly not a Paper-cut bug. Paper cuts are supposed to relatively easy bugs to fix ( eg. string change, minor cosmetic changes, etc... ).