http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/19114/
[544 votes] Solution #1: Create a GUI for notification system preferences


[418 votes] Solution #2: use system theme


[297 votes] Solution #3: Both options are good


[-67 votes] Solution #4: Configurable through gconf-editor


[40 votes] Solution #5: Various options in Appearance Preferences


[32 votes] Solution #6: Help notifications be read


]]> en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:09:15 +0000 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:19:37 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19114/
If you want a different theme, you could "apt-get source notify-osd" and change it yourself.]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:38:54 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:04:22 +0000 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:41:19 +0000 If different users use different theme for notification then it would be very inconsistent. And it will definetly break the system.

Compiling the code from source is a freedom. You can use it as you want.
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If the average user wants to customize the notification system's behavior, are they going to hack the existing system or replace it with an alternative system? I don't think so.

There are legitimate reasons for not letting the user customize the notification system (e.g., feature bloat, option bloat, lack of simplicity/universality). Issues like these are the ones that should be addressed.

*That may be a bit strong, and I don't mean it offensively. But it had to be said.]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:54:42 +0000
The specifications for Notify OSD state:

"Regardless of type, a bubble should appear as a rectangle of color #131313 (regardless of theme) with opacity 90%, corner roundness 0.375 em, and a drop shadow of #000000 color and 0.5 em spread. The bubble should blur whatever is behind it with a Gaussian blur of 0.125 em."

See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD#Inside%20the%20bubble]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:16:49 +0000 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:04:30 +0000 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:29:49 +0000
This type of feature creep would lead us down a path I don't want to go down. Soon enough Ubuntu would start being as cluttered as KDE.

As for "EVERY" implementation of this allowing theming, "notify-osd theme" is not a very fruitful google search.]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:43:18 +0000
What do you mean by feature creep though? And where do you draw the line? You can make an OS damned advanced without cluttering the gui. Look at Maya for instance.

I don't think people should need to touch gconf editor at all]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:35:02 +0000