Comment 1 for bug 362561

Thanks for the bug report!

Right now, one of the major ways a user can interact with the service is via the icon in the notification area. From there the user can do the following:

1. Quit the daemon
2. Connect / Disconnect
3. Go to a webpage to report a bugt
4. Open their Ubuntu One folder in the file manager
5. Go to the files UI on http://ubuntuone.com

It's presence also serves as a visual reminder of the service, which is quite transparent to the user, so it may be helpful to have a cue to help remind you to take advantage of Ubuntu One.

So it does provide a bit more functionality than just the 'annoy users' feature :)

The spinner currently communicates the transition process (between being disconnected, to being connected), but I agree there may be a better way to communicate that. Could you go into detail by what you consider 'real information' ? I think the state between connection and disconnection is something valuable to communicate to our users.

Perhaps a preference to show / hide the icon in the notification area would go a long way to serve your use case? Can you confirm this?