Why xfce4-notifyd?

[Rex Dieter]

Tom Horsley wrote:

> When firefox pops up a notification (like all downloads are
> complete) it shows up in my fvwm session as a window
> titled "xfce4-notifyd".
> 
> Where the heck is the xfce stuff coming from? I'm not
> using xfce, I'm starting fvwm with my own ~/.xsession
> script which doesn't make a single mention of anything
> xfce related.
> 
> Why is firefox unable to popup its own notification
> windows?

firefox is simply using the xdg notification spec, and xfce4-notifyd is one 
implementation providing that.  gnome and kde each have their own as well.

-- Rex