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Re: [Ayatana] Indicator Attention State

for the monochrome indicators we currently have the following mapping:

saturated = active, enabled
unsaturated = inactive, disabled
green = new incoming message
red = warning, alert

in this respect, the network icon is not showing the correct semantics when you untick "Enable Networking", while on the other hand it is not an indicator, so noone to blame there..

we can expect consistency at least among the ayatana indicators:
Power Menu, Sound Menu, Messaging Menu, Me Menu and Session Menu.
Once Conman is an indicator menu, too, we can start complaining about inconsistencies there also..



On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:30, Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Or is the attention icon in both the default themes green? :P
My bad... but still taking other themes into consideration this can be a problem.


On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Currently the attention state of the indicators or the messaging menu solely depends on the icon from the current theme. I've noticed that most of the users miss the attention state after changing the icon theme. 

For example, in Ambiance the attention icon for messaging menu is Green and that for non-attention is black. While in Radiance, the attention icon is Black. This might create confusion for some users and some might just miss the notifications totally after changing the theme.

This is the case when we take on the default themes into consideration. With the amount of easily available custom themes (thanks to USC, Ubuntu Tweak and OMGUbuntu :D ) this can be a real inconsistency problem.

I think adding a slight glow/shine around attention state indicators not just the messaging menu would be nice.

Mock-ups anyone?




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