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[Emery Finkelstein <emery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I find that the notifications for the microblogging plugin are not
displayed for long enough. I expect this problem to exist with other
plugins, but can't think of another example that uses the notification
to test things out.

Via the mailing list, David explained that the amount of time they're
displayed is based on the lenght of the message. I feel that my
inability to process these messages is a result of my usage habits.
Notifications appear in the top right corner of my desktop of ridiculous
resolution. I believe that the overhead involved of noticing the message
and focusing on the smaller text is the reason I'm having trouble
reading messages before they disappear.

Could we get a pair of notification display length options as global
preference throughout Do? One to set the constant overhead, and another
to set the time per character/word. Maybe only the time/character/word
one is needed, given the nature of the kind of messages Do is going to
display.

I a cool way to calibrate it would be to assign Do actions to effect the setting, with confirmation of change displayed in a notice.
For example <Summon Do and match>  "Display notices for longer"<return> would change the setting and display a notification message with the new setting.

Although this primarily effects plugins, it feels more like a Do core
problem. Should this be moved?

** Affects: do-plugins
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  I find that the notifications for the microblogging plugin are not
  displayed for long enough. I expect this problem to exist with other
  plugins, but can't think of another example that uses the notification
  to test things out.
  
  Via the mailing list, David explained that the amount of time they're
  displayed is based on the lenght of the message. I feel that my
  inability to process these messages is a result of my usage habits.
  Notifications appear in the top right corner of my desktop of ridiculous
  resolution. I believe that the overhead involved of noticing the message
  and focusing on the smaller text is the reason I'm having trouble
  reading messages before they disappear.
  
  Could we get a pair of notification display length options as global
  preference throughout Do? One to set the constant overhead, and another
  to set the time per character/word. Maybe only the time/character/word
  one is needed, given the nature of the kind of messages Do is going to
  display.
  
  I a cool way to calibrate it would be to assign Do actions to effect the setting, with confirmation of change displayed in a notice.
  For example <Summon Do and match>  "Display notices for longer"<return> would change the setting and display a notification message with the new setting.
+ 
+ Although this primarily effects plugins, it feels more like a Do core
+ problem. Should this be moved?

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Not enough time for notification messages.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360549
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