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).