Hi ,
Just noticed that the recent notify-osd behavior ,in Karmic, suppresses all the sync notifications during full screen apps!
This is a bit frustrating , because now
- I'm not notified about loss of network connectivity!
- when IM messages are received the lack of notifications forces me to escape from full-screen mode and check with the IM client as to who sent the IM . Previously it was easier to know who had sent it and i could choose if i wanted to reply immediately or not.
- I'm not notified about new mail arrivals.
I believe there was a lengthy discussion and the decision was to :
- Use a DND mode in the FUSA/indicator-session
- Not show
notifications only when the user has selected the DND mode.
Is the DND mode still in process of being implemented for karmic
or is the new behavior here to stay?
If the DND is not possible to implement in this cycle , Kindly dont suppress the notifications.
Cheers,
mac_v
From: Praveen <tgpraveen89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Jan Claeys <lists@xxxxxxx>
Cc: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, 5 September, 2009 4:50:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ayatana]
Notification in fullscreen apps
Hate to dig up this old thread.
But it seems that a decision was either not taken/not announced.
So what was the final decision taken on the issue of notifications in fullscreen apps.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Jan Claeys
<lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Op maandag 06-07-2009 om 10:25 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Charlie
Kravetz:
> However, there should also be easy ways to change fonts and colors of
> notifications. Visual impairments can make it difficult/impossible to
> see the text. This is not a design team decision they should be
> making, but user decisions when necessary.
>
> The fewer choices we allow, the more difficult we make Ubuntu to use
> by all people. We have pretty much told users if you want
> accessibility, go somewhere else. We don't really think you need
> choices here.
I have pointed that out before.
My experience with this is an employee at my previous job (I had to
replace her PC) who a.o. needed a screen magnifier and a low-contrast
theme (for Windows).
Ubuntu + GNOME has a low-contrast theme in gnome-theme-extras, which
isn't installed by default though (a screen magnifier is).
She couldn't read (or maybe only with extreme difficulty) anything that
was white on black or black on white or anything else that has a high
contrast. She explained that to her "white" is what to me would be like
looking into a spotlight from nearby and then trying to identify what's
next to the spotlight (or something like that). IIRC the theme she
prefered was "lighter blue" on "darker blue" (where the color might or
might not be relevant, I don't know).
--
Jan Claeys