Jaunty's event notification system : how to revert to the old/previous system ?

[Steven Susbauer]

On Mon, 11 May 2009 13:57:01 -0500, Vincent Trouilliez  
<vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I installed Jaunty 2/3 weeks ago when it was released. I have therefore
> been using/enduring the new notification system extensively, and sooo
> wish I could revert to the previous system.
> I am not talking about the update-manager notification which too, has
> seen unpopular modifications. I am talking about the notifications the
> system and any and all application (media player, download manager,
> whatever app) use to display information in the top panel.
> This new notification system is really buggy I find, it's getting on
> my nerves a bit more every day ;-/
>
> Is there any simple/doable way to revert to the previous notification
> system, or is it hard-coded/built into each and every application and
> therefore impossible to change (other than downgrading each and every
> app to their 8.10 version... downgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 altogether
> would be more practical :-/ )  ?
>
> I fear it's not posisble to revert it, but I thought I had nothing to
> loose in asking anyway... just in case a miracle might be round the
> corner...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Vince
>


I do not believe it is possible to revert it, though some of the  
applications have ways of disabling the notification overall (for example,  
pidgin which uses a plugin for the new notification system).