Comment 186 for bug 332945

> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:16:00 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information
>
> Pausanias, the notification area is not a "guarantee of authenticity" in
> either Windows or Ubuntu. In both OSes it can be used by third-party
> applications, including malware. And in both OSes the vendor is clamping
> down on third-party use, though in different ways. We're at an
> advantage, because most Ubuntu applications are Free Software, so we can
> patch them and send those patches upstream. Microsoft has to resort to
> more code and interface bloat: a dialog listing all notification icons
> past and present, with options to prevent them appearing in future.
> <http://howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/clean-up-past-notification-
> icons-in-windows-vista/>
>

At least the user still has control over his/her system. Hack why don't you do something like windows, hide the least used. I still don't understand why does the user who wants it will have to leave without it.

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