Yes, the notification bubble has been intentionally positioned at in the middle of the right edge. It has already has had a bug report filed which became invalid(can not find it now). There apparently was complaints that the bubble covered the window control icons.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD controversy about the position has obviously unfolded and it is being discussed on the Ayatana mailing list. -- Icon in shutdown menu is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs