Comment 3 for bug 272971

"The change in behaviour was deliberate - the idea was to make it work the same
way as other "dock" windows like the calendar and the investment applet."

Hmm. How about Nework Manager Applet? That currently closes when the popup window is clicked outside. You would have to change a lot of the panel plugins to make this consistent. I could see how a user might want to have the Calendar stay open but a volume slider control? This seems to be a step backwards in UI consistency. There has to be a benefit to warrant changing existing functionality.