by Jono Bacon | Jan 26, 2010 | Desktop, Ubuntu
Recently I have been talking about how stoked I am that we are [solving the problems](https://gould.cx/ted/blog/Having_a_tidy_systray) in the notification area with [Application Indicators](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators) based on...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 14, 2010 | Desktop, Ubuntu
Something we have been spending some time working on in this cycle has been fixing the mess that is the system tray. This is based upon an [awesome specification submitted to Freedesktop by KDE](https://www.notmart.org/misc/statusnotifieritem/index.html). The spec has...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 13, 2010 | Desktop, Ubuntu
We are currently looking for two paid home-based contractor positions in Europe or the USA to come and work at Canonical to write some upstream code to help GNOME applications fit into the full Ubuntu desktop experience. This is an awesome opportunity for talented...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2009 | Acire, Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
After a wonderful week in England with family celebrating Christmas, Erica and I flew home to the East Bay. We were sat at Heathrow having a cup of coffee and I was thinking of what I occupy myself with on the plane ride over. Unfortunately,...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 17, 2009 | Desktop, Ubuntu
I am really excited to see [Ted’s post](https://gould.cx/ted/blog/Having_a_tidy_systray) regarding some of the improvements coming to the desktop notification area. This part of our desktop has become something of a wild west – icons look ugly, are spaced...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 11, 2009 | Community, Desktop
Now for a matter of national security. I got an email today saying: > As I read your blog posts on [planet.gnome.org](https://planet.gnome.org/), my view of your words is colored by your angry faced hackergotchi. I would love to see the happier side of the Ubuntu...
