Just so there's no need to re-read the entire thread, let me add to what mpt said:
I mentioned skype because it's reproducible: skype changes the window icon for chat windows with unread messages. The old behaviour of Unity was that in the window switcher (alt-tab), window icons were displayed. As a result, it was easy to pick out which skype window demanded attention. As a side note, other applications like to change their window title to achieve the same. So this issue can be solved in two ways, one very specific, the other very open-ended: 1. Restoring the previous behaviour where window icons were displayed would solve it for those applications that switch window icons like skype does. 2. If there is a generic way to detect when a window has raised a notification, Unity can highlight that window itself - in the window manager, in the window switcher, or in any other way that might make sense. If the application additionally changes window icons or titles, so be it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883000 Title: [Oneiric] No more window notifications in Unity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/883000/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
