Notification tray icons are deprecated in gnome-shell; r̵e̵c̵o̵m̵m̵e̵n̵d̵ ̵T̵o̵p̵I̵c̵o̵n̵s̵ ̵e̵x̵t̵e̵n̵s̵i̵o̵n̵ recommend libappindicator?
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Description
The notification area / message tray / thingy was deprecated in gnome-shell about six years ago, and the legacy implementation is broken and horrible. This likely a contributing factor in #2710 #3490 #4110 (well, maybe not that last one, but it looked lonely).
In lieu of wading into the tawdry debate among the Gnome and Unity designers and attempting to implement a solution, I recommend adding a note in the installation instructions alerting Gnome users of the availability of the TopIcons extension, which basically makes the whole problem go away. It's a violation of some of the Gnome UX/UI design principles I guess, but it doesn't look any uglier than MacOS.
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Research direction
Start by locating the installation instructions and reviewing the existing guidance for GNOME users. Check the issue discussion before choosing between the TopIcons extension and libappindicator, then update the documentation only if the project’s preferred recommendation is clear; done means the GNOME notification-tray limitation and supported workaround are accurately explained.
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