Comment 178 for bug 332945

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information

Peter Whittaker wrote:
> If you read my comments on the wiki page, you'll see I make clear
> distinctions between system and user notifications: Let's apply that
> distinction consistently. A user notification is a doorbell, it appears
> in the user notification area, near where the user keeps their stuff. A
> system notification is a firealarm and appears in the system
> notification area, where other "systemy" things are.
>

So, a user notification is something like "John emailed you", and a
system notification is something like "Your network disappeared"?

Mark