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Re: Notifications

 

Yea, I think for me I want quite a bit of big things for a real 1.0 like..

- an official SDK
- our own Repos and AppCenter
- A clear 3rd party app submission process

- All default apps to be designed for us (chat is a big offender right now)

etc etc.

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I say stick with 0.x for a while longer.
>
> Allen Lowe
> On Jul 4, 2012 8:27 PM, "Cassidy James" <c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> While on this topic, are we continuing with the 0.x numbering scheme, or
>> do we have a plan for a 1.x release?
>> On Jul 3, 2012 12:20 PM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I've created a 0.3 series that we can target blueprints to:
>>>
>>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/elementaryos/0.3
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there already a blueprint or even better a milestone for collecting
>>>> Luna +1 items? And is it well known by the whole community?
>>>>
>>>> Allen Lowe
>>>> On Jul 2, 2012 10:15 PM, "Daniel Foré" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>
>>> Daniel Foré
>>>
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>>>
>>>


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Best Regards,

Daniel Foré

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