Re: [Ayatana] Redesigning the Ubuntu mouse cursor for simple notification of app attention

[Luke Morton <luke.morton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 23:06 -0500, Ralph Green wrote:
> On 5/4/10, Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  So my idea is that the
> > mouse cursor displays the icon of the app (for a few seconds) that needs
> > attention if its not focused.
> 
> Howdy,
>   For the most part, I'd say it is worth trying to see how it is to
> use it.  The biggest problem I can see is that if I am using the mouse
> cursor at that moment to select from a list, it might be irritating to
> have the icon change and not be able to continue the work I was in the
> middle of.  It might not be obvious where the active point in the new
> icon is and the user's workflow would be interrupted.
> Good day,
> Ralph

It may also cause confusion if a notification happens while the user is
doing something and they think the icon change was feedback from their
actions.