Comment 14 for bug 391056

I agree. The only thing I feel is missing in gnome-do is a notification area. There are several ways in which they could be integrated into the ui/look'n'feel of docky, either by using the 16x16px icons and placing them in a grid/table of some rows and columns or by looking up the application "behind" the trayIcon and get an icon for that app.
Or (maybe as an option) only display applications which need attention.
I could also imagine mergin the application-indicators with the notification area functionality, e.g. for rhythmbox / pidgin / skype etc...