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[Scott Ritchie <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
> Il giorno mar, 02/06/2009 alle 17.42 -0700, Scott Ritchie ha scritto:
>> If I'm playing Frozen Bubble I want to be notified, even though I'm
>> using my keyboard constantly.  Even if I don't want to interrupt my
>> game, I may find it very strange that the notification I just got for
>> an
>> instant message actually happened a few minutes ago.
> 
> Hmm, agreed. Any kind of delay should be no more than a couple of
> seconds. That will interrupt any game.
> 

Not necessarily - if a game intentionally disables the screensaver then
it will implicitly disable notifications as well.  I imagine full screen
games might present this as an option to players.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie