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Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 428509] [NEW] Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps



Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
Just noticed that the recent notify-osd behavior ,in Karmic, suppresses
all the async notifications during full screen apps!

This is a bit frustrating , because now 
- I'm not notified about loss of network connectivity!
- when IM messages are received the lack of notifications forces me to escape from full-screen mode and check with the IM client as to who sent the IM . Previously it was easier to know who had sent it and i could choose if i wanted to reply immediately or not.
- I'm not notified about new mail arrivals.

I believe there was a lengthy discussion in the Ayatana Mailing list and the decision was to :
- Use a DND mode in the FUSA/indicator-session
- Not show notifications only when the user has selected the DND mode.
  

Mirco, did we ever run notify-osd in a mode where it displayed notification urgency (critical, normal, low)? I wonder if we shouldn't take the view that full-screen apps block non-critical async notifications, and that some system-wide async notifications like network loss would be classed as critical.

Mark

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