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Notify OSD should display two types of bubbles, which this specification calls confirmation bubbles (confirmation of e.g. change in sound volume, change in display brightness, or ejecting a CD) and notification bubbles (e.g. instant message, unrequested change in Internet connectivity).

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Close button on notify-osd?

Is it possible to get a close button on the OSD? It stays for a long time, and sometimes I have colleagues over on my PC, and I dont want them seeing who is online, or what song I am listening to. No, I can't disable it.
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How can I temporarily filter-out certain notification-bubbles coming from specific sources?

I have my system configured such that when I receive new mail, a notification balloon appears on my screen. This is convenient at times, and distracting at other times. Without having to uninstall the gmail integration I'm using, is there a way of…
Mark
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How would I send all NotifyOSD message to a text file?

How could I make NotifyOSD send all updates to a text file (As well as do what it does)?
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Why are notifications so low?

Whenever notifications show up, they are much lower than I would expect. In most screenshots I see, they are directly under the top panel, but for me, there's a large gap: Is there any way to change the position?
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Notify-osd and libnotify: how do they cooperate?

I want to help out with some Ubuntu dev and I have chosen a "papercut" that affects the notify-osd project. However, I am confused as I am not sure what installing notify-osd does as the actual daemon (notify-send) is installed from the libnotify…
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Replace notifyOSD with the XFCE version

I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and I want to replace the notifyOSD with the XFCE version (I like how you can dismiss the notification). I had a look in Synaptic and saw that there was a notifyosd-xfce but when I clicked install Syanptic wanted to remove…
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How do I turn off NotifyOSD display of music information? It distracts me from my work

While writing reports for school (using Writer or Impress), I often play a playlist of instrumental music in the background. It is distracting to have the NotifyOSD pop up every time the song changes. NotifyOSD pops up to show the Artist, Song, etc.…
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Accidentally replaced notify-osd with xfce-notifyd, how do I fix it?

The day before yesterday, after an update, Gwibber Notifications got screwed a bit (Once I log in, they appear in bulk, for 2 seconds only while before they used appear one by one and each notification lasted 5 seconds). Anyway, After the same…
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How do I turn off wireless connection notifications?

Possible Duplicate: How to disable notification from network-manager When a wireless connection is made, an indicator bubble pops up announcing the connection, and it hangs around for a little while. How do I turn that off?
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How do I change the background of the notification bubbles?

Possible Duplicate: How to customize on screen notifications in Ubuntu 12.04 Just installed 12.04 and it's great so far. I've noticed that the launcher background - and notification bubble - change colour according to the wallpaper I've selected.…
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Disabling/removing volume notification in Ubuntu 12.04?

I removed notify-osd but then another notification started appearing instead when changing the volume: Is there a way to remove this notification as well? I use my Logitech G110 keyboard's volume controller to adjust the volume.
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How to revert NotifyOSD configuration to default?

I had set the notification bubble to bottom right, but when I set it back to top right, it's at the very far top right and overlaps with the panel. How do I set it to default?
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NotifyOSD history

Does NotifyOSD keeps a history of its messages? If so how can I access it? Because sometimes it would be very useful to me being able keep record of the notifications in order to report some bugs and other related stuff.
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Close the notifications that hover over the current window

Is it possible to dismiss the notifications that hover over the current window? I've noticed that they become translucent on mouseover (but they still tend to cover part of the current window!). Is it possible to actually close these notifications…
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