Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

[James Jenner <james.g.jenner@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 November 2011 18:11, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That wouldn't be a bad idea if the goal was to somehow make the notifications actionable. That's not the goal. This would still compel the user to react. These notifications are not meant like that. They're meant to keep you updated about what's going on and nothing else. You can read more about the reasoning here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD

There is a fouth way to notify users, by the way. That's the window urgency. When an application calls for attention, it'll come out of the launcher, shake and its "window open" arrow will turn blue.

Thanks for the link to the wiki Jo-Erlend, I wasn't aware there was that level of design available in the wiki.

Interestingly, in regards to this conversation, at the end of the wiki under Unresolved Issues is the following point:

• Some notifications are communications you need to react upon fx. chatmessages. It seems odd that it is not possible to do so via the notification. It like saying "Talk to the hand, because the ear's not listening" (Hand = the program hidden behind other programs; Ear = the notification

So it appears that they have considered this issue and have left it open, however I do not know the history behind that entry and if it is considered a valid issue or not (there is no reference to a bug, but then it could be just a design consideration and not a 'defect' as such).

Reading through the outstanding issues, of primary importance in my mind is the 'do not disturb' option. This doesn't affect me at home (where I use Ubuntu) but in a work environment I think this is important. The use case of doing a presentation and not having im notifications appear is the area that I'm thinking about. Either way, that's off topic for this conversation. 

Cheers,

James.