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run_the_race's avatar
run_the_race
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

Dropbox says my environment doesn't support tray icon, by it does

In the following image you can see the dropbox system tray icon top right, with the error message below it. I am using the `i3wm` on Ubuntu with `i3status` to show the icons. To me this is a bug in t...
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jnvandermeer's avatar
jnvandermeer
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Well you can install the AppIndicator support thingy on XFCE4 (which is what I use in Debian). Then you need to add the appindocator panel which also has a clock, sound, power, etc. And remove the ones you already had (which is a bit sad). Then the dropbox icon is now a new one. Where is the old one? Why was it removed? as georgoz wrote it IS poor design, especially if you have something that works - and then you throw it away. Like there was a need to fix a working system? Did your good developers all leave or something, and you are left with the not-so-good ones?

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