If anybody thinks that details aren't important, then they should come over to Yahoo! Mail and see what the addition of a bouncing red news feed icon can do!
So upset are people with the incessant badgering of the blinking red dot that they've taken to the Yahoo! uservoice page in droves. Already there are over 500 comments, and all of them negative about the new feature. If you want to add your own, the link is here: