Comment 149 for bug 527458

The key issues related to the original request have not been addressed yet:

1. Tooltips provide novice users a way of identifying things. Not everyone will be able to identify the icon for _every_ application that uses the Indicator applet - the mockup on Mark Shuttleworth's homepage is a good example.

2. New users will think the Indicator Applet is broken if there are no tooltips because everything else has tooltips. Some novices will not click on an icon if they don't know what it does.

3. Tooltips do not take the focus away from your work and they provide useful information.

4. The argument that this bug will not be fixed. Good people that can realise their mistakes have the power to take corrective action. If it were a security risk, it is fairly likely that an update would be released :)

The answer to all of us not having tooltips is in post #96. From what I gather, Mark developed an application which had a tooltip that he was ashamed of. Because of this, we all now have to live without tooltips for our battery/sound/etc. I'm willing to stand corrected :)