Comment 1 for bug 374385

In short: no.

The polite answer is that Ubuntu already has a roadmap for handling this functionality, so adding a workaround in the Transmission code will be a wasted effort.

In addition, the OP needs to understand that the buttons still exist on platforms that support them. I think it's a very narrow viewpoint to suggest that Transmission change its behavior on BSD, Fedora, SuSE, Mandriva, Gentoo, etc. just because Ubuntu chose to remove this feature.

The downstream ticket is valid, because it affects "transmission (Ubuntu)". This ticket is invalid because this is wholly an Ubuntu issue, by Ubuntu's own choice and own doing.

Note: In addition, I'd like to say that the first time I heard that Ubuntu wanted Transmission to add a Firefox-like download manager was when I stumbled across it on NotifyOSD page. Nobody from Ubuntu has even *spoken* to me about it, much less filed an enhancement request or provided working code.