Re: [Ayatana] idea for notifications

[Mike Rooney <mrooney@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Daniel Hollocher
<danielhollocher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have an idea for notifications.  Since this idea is like 2 big ideas
> requiring several little changes, I'm opting against a brainstorm or
> wishlist type item, and am looking for a discussion.  Is this the
> place?  I have already written my thoughts here:
> http://chogydan.blogspot.com/2010/01/ubuntu-karmics-notifications.html
>
> How should I proceed?  I know that what I'm proposing breaks some of
> the core design principles that Shuttleworth laid out in his blog and
> that is controversial, but I think it is worth it.  Maybe it should be
> a separate project?
>
> I don't know what decisions have been made for karmic, so I apologise
> if these ideas have already been discussed.
>

The network manager issues you mention are definitely annoying and
confusing, but that's just a bug; it should be using the update
feature of notify-osd so that it is not displaying a disconnected
notification when you are actually connected.

I can't find a bug for this but it seems like it should exist, does
anyone know of one?

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Michael Rooney
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