to ibus or not to ibus, that is the question

[Peter Gueckel]

My system has been working fine. I noticed that the input method selector showed 
that no input method was in use. I also noticed that ibus was recommended, so I 
decided to enable it. I logged out and back in, as directed.

I haven't got a clue what the advantage is and I don't see any difference, 
except that there is now an applet in the system tray that says "no input 
window", but when I start firefox, it says "english default layout (intl)".

ibus is recommended, but what am I getting here? I don't see any difference, 
excepting the (useless) applet.