Re: Chrome (35+) System Tray Issues and KDE

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote:
> There was an issue introduced into Chrome beginning with Chrome 35 regarding
> KDE system tray icons.  Basically, with Chrome 35 if you don't have
> libappindicator installed, you don't see them at all.
> If you have libappindicator installed, you see the default blank sheet of
> paper icon.
>
> This has been fixed now in Chrome 37 unstable.
>
> If you don't have libappindicator it is fixed by:
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=267195
> which is "Add X11 status tray icon support".
>
> If you have libappindicator installed, it is fixed by:
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=362880
> which is "Systray icon for notification center is not available"
>
> There is a problem however in the implementation of 362880 that they didn't
> quite get the icons sized correctly.  That issue is still open:
> https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=382487
> which is "System tray indicator icons are blurry in KDE"
>
> My understanding is that KDE5/PlasmaNext will *drop* support for the legacy
> XEmbed-based system tray protocol, which means that if you are depending on
> 267195 to show system tray icons, it won't work.  I also understand that F21
> will be using KDE5/PlasmaNext.
>
> That being the case, it would be a good idea for all the Chromium/Chrome
> users to go out and star 382487 so the Chromium team will fix this issue.
> Otherwise, be prepared for blurry icons for KDE.
>
>
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So as long as Chrome supports libappindicator wouldn't that
automatically work in KDE as it is libappindicator is derived from
KStatusNotifier. Are they not drop in replacement for each other?

[sarcasm]X11, libappindicator, KStatusNotifier, Message tray, etc. wow
we make third party developer's life a cake walk.[/sarcasm]

-- 
Regards,
Sudhir Khanger.
sudhirkhanger.com
https://github.com/donniezazen
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