Ubuntu Unity - GOODBYE SYSTEM TRAY

[genjix]

I booted into Ubuntu Unity and was shocked to discover my app no longer displays in the system tray. After looking around, I found this,

http://qtm.blogistan.co.uk/blog/matt...ty-system-tray

Unity includes the system tray only for a few specific applications via a "white list"...

This is, unfortunately, Canonical's way of trying to dictate how everyone else uses their system: they have decided that the system tray is incompatible with their user interface philosophy, and they want everyone to re-write their apps to use their notification system.

WTF?

[SixDegrees]

All desktops have their own way of doing things. That's why they're different. You're free to use KDE, Gnome or any of a number of other readily available desktops and choose the one you like.

Or, to invoke the open-source mantra that is chanted whenever user complaints arise: you've got the source code, so fix it yourself.