On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Scott Ritchie
<scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
> Il giorno mar, 02/06/2009 alle 17.42 -0700, Scott Ritchie ha scritto:
>> If I'm playing Frozen Bubble I want to be notified, even though I'm
>> using my keyboard constantly. Even if I don't want to interrupt my
>> game, I may find it very strange that the notification I just got for
>> an
>> instant message actually happened a few minutes ago.
>
> Hmm, agreed. Any kind of delay should be no more than a couple of
> seconds. That will interrupt any game.
>
Not necessarily - if a game intentionally disables the screensaver then
it will implicitly disable notifications as well. I imagine full screen
games might present this as an option to players.
That depends on the type of notification. Critical notifications (e.g. low battery) should always be shown.