Whenever notifications show up, they are much lower than I would expect. In most screenshots I see, they are directly under the top panel, but for me, there's a large gap:
Is there any way to change the position?
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Sign up to join this communityThis was a change in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).
The space above is left intentionally blank because it is for "confirmation" bubbles: for instance volume, screen brightness, etc... (often controlled on keyboards buttons on using laptop buttons).
"Notification" bubbles appear in this space slightly further down.
Not everyone likes this, but this is the way the powers that be want it...
You can customize their placement and appearance: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/06/customize-the-ubuntu-notification-bubbles/
I might be wrong but I think that's the default from Maverick onwards - they were much higher in Lucid, but it were moved lower so that the first notification didn't obscure the typical place where window controls land.
No, as far as I know, there's no way to modify the placement or positioning of the notifications.
[Edit : Of course, Maverick isn't out yet - are you running one of the Betas or is this Lucid you're talking about? My Lucid build has notifications higher than your screenshot, just under the top panel.]