A. Walton has a good post about ubuntu's new notification system [mockups]. The mockup for sure looked shiny, but I totally disagree with the idea that you can't click on them anymore; they instead will get transparent as soon as you move the mouse near them (and they will be click-through-able).
On a second note about the action removal: While I of course agree that it is bad thing if a notification -that you could potentially miss- is the prominent (or even the only) way when a user interaction is required, I don't get what is wrong with using actions (that includes clicking on them) as a shortcut to something.
Google food is good, frozen yogurt totally is a win and it is good to see Leslie and the rest of the cabal again. Oh and Michael coind a new phrase!
[Yes, as Jorge pointed out, my hackgotchi is totally outdated.]
Where is this mockup you talk about?
It is not in Walton's post.
About the mockups: Not released yet, "due to Copyright notices which need to be checked". Something like that.
I agree on the notification system. It really looks nice but the idea of having application dialogs distracting the user instead of just having a simple clickable notification really sucks. I think I'm pretty much in favor of how it works at the moment, except that notifications could really look better. Somehow I doubt that this idea will actually become widely accepted, especially after having received so much skeptical feedback already in its early state.
Frozen yogurt rocks!