Some information is no longer accessible in Unity's indicator applet
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Ayatana Design |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| indicator-applet (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: indicator-applet
It used to show a hint message when you left the mouse hovering over one of the icons in the top panel, such as the city you where showing the temperature and weather report, or the battery estimated time to recharge (at least percentage of charge), ssid of the network, and probably wifi speed... Now, under unity, nothing ! you need to click to view the menu, and with any luck, figure out what the current status is (like the audio volume level, by the position of the scroll in the bar)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: indicator-applet 0.4.12-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-996-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 22 14:58:27 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-10 (12 days ago)
| PresuntoRJ (fabio-tleitao) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in indicator-applet (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- there are no hints showing when I keep the mouse hovering an indicator - icon + Some information is no longer accessible in Unity's notification area |
| James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote Re: Some information is no longer accessible in Unity's notification area | #3 |
| tags: | added: regression-release |
| James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote | #4 |
| summary: |
- Some information is no longer accessible in Unity's notification area + Some information is no longer accessible in Unity's indicator applet |
| James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote | #5 |
| James Haigh (james.r.haigh) wrote | #6 |
I find tooltips annoying, because there is no control over them (just delay), and when they appear they often obscure the very thing that you're trying to interact with. This helps the notification area feel less cluttered unlike the old version.
However, much less information is accessible since they've gone.
Possible solutions:
* Integrate _all_ information that tooltips used to show into the menus.
* Bring back tooltips but only show them when a chosen modifier key is pressed. (And /not/ right under the pointer!)
If this sounds like it will bring back clutter, then add options. I'd like an option to see the charge percentage and volume percentage.
I wouldn't be surprised if the removal of tooltips was intended, so I'm renaming this bug.