Comment 33 for bug 527458

Tooltips are causing problems in certain cases, like "sticking on the panel when they shouldn't", as described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/356702. This is certainly a particular case, but extremely annoying for some people. There are patches to libwnck to disable them in the workspace switcher and in the window list applet, at least in certain conditions. I'm in favor of reducing the presence of tooltips in the panel.