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[Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I absolutely want to look into actions in notifications for Luna +1. I think we really have the opportunity to do some great work around notifications, confirmations, etc and providing quick actions could definitely be one of them :)

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré

El jul 2, 2012, a las 8:44 p.m., Cassidy James <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> Thanks for the reply, Victor. A couple on inline relies:
> 
> On Jul 2, 2012 10:08 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.
> >
> 
> I didn't know that. This might make it easier since there's less we'd have to do and other apps potentially already support it.
> 
> > > 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.
> >
> 
> Oh, sweet! I'm definitely interested in looking into it. I am not familiar with the API, but I do think it's important that we restrict it as far as only showing three actions or something. Is anyone familiar enough with the API to chime in here?
> 
> >
> > > What would it look like?
> > It depends on how you implement it on the server side (notify-osd, pantheon-notify, etc.). Mockup time!
> >
> 
> Dan, go! ;) Or other designers since Dan has a lot on his plate.
> 
> I do like the idea of only showing the actions when expanding the notification. It keeps it clean and out of the way unless the user explicitly wants to interact with it.
> 
> >
> > > 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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