Re: [Ayatana] Colored text on the clock for imminent or expired tasks/appointments?

[matt <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 I like this, but I agree with Stefanos, keep it simple, make it turn
blue like the other indicators. Maybe extend this idea to the battery
icon (Battery low)?

On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 10:27 +0300, Stefanos A. wrote:
> 2011/9/12 Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>
>         I've started using Thunderbird with Lightning for my
>         appointments and
>         tasks lately. It seems quite nice so far. I would probably
>         like it even
>         better if they could have their own windows, but that's
>         another issue.
>         (I really do like it the way it is :))
>         
>         What dawned on me, is that it would be nice if the text color
>         of the
>         clock would change to _indicate_ that something is afoot. I'm
>         thinking
>         something like this: when a task has passed its start time,
>         then the
>         foreground color (text color) of the panel clock turns green,
>         indicating
>         that something is going on. When you reach time to remind you
>         of the
>         task, then it turns yellow. When it's expired, it turns red.
>         That way,
>         the reminders could be transient notifications, possibly
>         coupled with a
>         sound, and even if you were away from the computer when it
>         happened, you
>         would be notified by the clock itself.
>         
>         This would be consistent with how all the other indicators
>         work.
>         
>         Thoughts?
> 
> 
> Good idea, but please keep in mind that 7-10% of the population suffer
> from red-green color blindness, so green/yellow/red are not a good
> choice.
> 
> 
> My suggestion would be to keep it simple: turn the text *blue*
> whenever a task reminder fires off. You can click the icon to see what
> exactly is going on. This is identical to how the message menu works,
> where the icon turns blue regardless of the message source (email,
> messenger, twitter, etc).
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