why so negative?
100% that the notification LED (on any device, but the N900 is the 1st NOKIA i ever owned (5 over 12 years) that has one...) are a GREAT feat.
i simply think it's a pity NOKIA dropped that feature so soon again after they introduced it
i value the Maemo community & the "creative" spirits as much as everyone, simply...



using that as a notification light...
(it's like using m$ LostDOS, whether on a computer, a phone, in a car or wherever...)
it's not designed to do that (any) job, and it seems silly to want to make it do things... for the sake of making it do things
pigs don't fly, ya know?

if they had put any though into the design of the LED, they'd have put it on the front, so that one can (more) easily see how the charging goes
as well as any other (useful) notification (new message, low battery, full battery, you name it...)