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[Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cassidy, Victor,
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Allen Lowe
On Jul 2, 2012 9:08 PM, "Victor Eduardo" <victoreduardm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey, that looks good. In regard to your questions:
>
> > Does it sound like a good idea?
>
> It's working nicely in GNOME Shell, and personally I find actions in
> notifications really useful. In my opinion they make a lot of sense in some
> cases, like when you get notified of a message from a friend. A
> go-to-conversation button would probably make a lot of sense there.
> > How would we go about implementing it?
> The API is already there. libnotify provides support for adding actions,
> so it's easy to add support for action buttons to our apps. Currently,
> these are only shown when using GNOME Shell AFAIK, since notify-osd has no
> support for them.
>
> > What would it look like?
> It depends on how you implement it on the server side (notify-osd,
> pantheon-notify, etc.). Mockup time!
>
> > What problems could it create?
> Apart from increasing the workload for pantheon-notify's dev(s), I don't
> see any other problem.
>
> > What problems could it solve?
> Interesting question. Let's see what others say :)
>
> Regards,
> Victor
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey Devs,
>>
>> I was catching up on some Android developer things from I/O last week and
>> came across something nifty regarding notifications. In Android 4.1, Google
>> has added a "big content view" to the notifications, actually pretty
>> similar to our idea with the expanded Pantheon Notification. However,
>> they've expanded on that: Actions.
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yc8YrVc47TI#t=1917s (Link
>> should point to 31:57)
>>
>> With actions, users can quickly and easily perform a relevant action
>> without even going to the app. For example, you could have a "Like" button
>> on a Facebook notification, "Reply" and "Archive" buttons on an email
>> notification, etc. Basically the developer can make it faster for users to
>> perform a few actions. Of course they're pretty strictly-controlled by the
>> platform so that developers don't get carried away; in Android, you can add
>> up to three actions.
>>
>> I think it would be an interesting route to look into. With Pantheon
>> Notifications we already have an "expanded view" on hover, and it might be
>> nice to let developers add a few actions to the notifications. What I want
>> to know from all of you is:
>>
>>    - Does it sound like a good idea?
>>    - How would we go about implementing it?
>>    - What would it look like?
>>    - What problems could it create?
>>    - What problems could it solve?
>>
>> Of course this is just me throwing an idea out there; I'm not saying it's
>> an idea we have to run with or even that it's a good idea. I simply have
>> been enjoying this feature on my phone this past week and wanted to see if
>> we could brainstorm something similar for on the desktop.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cassidy James
>>
>>
>>
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