Ubuntu notification area no longer shows obsolete methods -- yad needs to be updated

When using yad with the --notification option, it displays an icon in the 
notification area.

Unfortunately, yad still uses the older method, and Canonical in all its wisdom 
has decided to no longer support the old method. I have not understood the 
reason why, but Mark Shuttleworth is immovable on this point.

This means that yad needs to be updated to the new method (the new method will 
still work on older distributions and non-Ubuntu distributions).

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Use yad --notification on Ubuntu 13.04 (still in beta, but being released 
later this month).

2. The yad icon does not display.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

1. The yad icon should be shown.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1. yad version 0.20.3

2. Ubuntu version 13.04

Please provide any additional information below.

1. The Canonical change request is https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/974480

2. The forum discussion is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113769

3. I am not a programmer, and have no idea what the technical terms are, but 
castrojo from the Ubuntu team is willing to provide technical help to anyone 
who needs it. He can be reached from his Ubuntu forum membership page:
http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=74
If you need help in contacting him, just let me know.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by PaddyLandau on 11 Apr 2013 at 2:10

ezkur / yad

Ubuntu notification area no longer shows obsolete methods -- yad needs to be updated #167