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Issue 125: google desktop notification icon renders improperly in ubuntu 10.04
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Reported by justin.s...@gmail.com, May 23, 2010
Description:
The icon that appears in the notification area (and can't be turned off)
when google desktop is installed in ubuntu (10.04 Lucid) doesn't render
properly. The background of the icon should be transparent, but is not and
looks awful (and out of place). 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466473
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/584405

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. install google desktop on ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)
2. launch google desktop
3. look at the icon in the notification area...be annoyed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Icon appears (in default dark theme) with white background, instead of
transparent background. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest google-desktop-linux downloaded a week ago from website. Ubuntu 10.04.

Please provide any additional information below.
It would be really nice if it was possible to change the notification area
icon. 
It would also be nice to be able to turn it off (i.e. have google-desktop
running in the background without appearance of (ugly + unnecessary)
taskbar icon -- why not just use the hotkey launch (like gnome-do, for
e.g.)? This would be a simple fix to the rendering problem that I'm having
and make a lot of other people happy too, I'm sure.
Or just a fix the ubuntu specific rendering problem mentioned above...
Love the desktop search, but the icon bug is really annoying... 
Thanks!
Jul 29, 2010
#1 simonxu...@gmail.com
This issue is really annoying. Please solve it!
Sep 2, 2010
#2 mustafai...@gmail.com
I have the same issue too.Ubuntu 10.04. I would like to be able to remove the icon from the notification area or have a black and white icon, and with a transparent background. 
Oct 16, 2010
#3 harshni...@gmail.com
This issue is really annoying. Please solve it!
Oct 26, 2010
#4 pllewi...@gmail.com
I opened up the gimp on these png files and they are both set to transparent background.  So is google setting a background????
Jul 24, 2011
#5 niels.ol...@gmail.com
Issue still present on Ubuntu 11.04
Jul 24, 2011
#6 niels.ol...@gmail.com
Further info on the ubuntu forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1466473.html)

The icons have transparent backgrounds (/opt/google/desktop/resources/gdl_large.png and ./gdl_small.png), but plenty of other apps are able to solve this problem, so not sure why Google's apps are an issue (though, apparently, there are others, eg, gmail-notify). Looks like at least one solution can be implemented on the gtk side, so if Google wants to place blame, please do. From the user's perspective, Google Desktop is the biggest, and, really, the only eyesore in an otherwise very nice desktop.

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