Comment 113 for bug 527458

@om26er,
As an interesting experiment, would you be able to ask your neighbour in a friendly manner if they miss any of information in the tooltips?

Just because they haven't mentioned it yet, doesn't mean it doesn't bother them. Perhaps they are prioritising the 'other problems' you mentioned they were having with Lucid.

Also, is it possible that they don't use the applications that many of us here use (e.g., Rhythmbox, LottaNZB, Transmission, Battery applet, etc.)?

I too signed up to this not just because of the missing tooltips, but the fact that such a (IMO poor) decision could be made without consent of the masses. I think it is wrong to take functionality away assuming that the entire population either does not use it or will get over it. Surely you must agree that not being able to configure something totally goes against being Linux.

I think the indicator applet will be good eventually, but not until it is configurable so we can enable the tooltips and perhaps change the spacing.