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Re: Solving the "user forgets about presentation mode" problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

 

Isn't this whole discussion of a presentation mode making the issue more
complex than it needs to be?

I would think that taking an application into full-screen allows us to
safely assume the user is making the following statement:  "this application
is the only thing I'm interested in right now".  It follows from this that
non-critical notifications should be suppressed while viewing a full-screen
application.

The user already *has* a way of viewing an application window in
close-to-fullscreen size, and that is by maximizing the window (as opposed
to full-screening it).  Maximizing the window can be analogous to the
following statement:  "I'm only interested in this application, but am still
interested in peripheral information".  In this case I think it would be
appropriate to display all notifications.

What *does* need addressing is the use-case whereby a user wishes to
suppress notifications under conditions outside of full-screening an
application.

I hope I'm not missing anything in my analysis.  Is there a use-case of a
full-screen application that does not offer window maximization as an
alternative?

As for the issue of missed notifications, I thought it was early-on decided
that notifications were transient by nature?  Seeing as how one cannot take
direct action on a notification, they seem to be generally used as
informational messages that the user can do without, with the exception of
what have been referred to as "critical notifications" (i.e. "your battery
is nearly empty", "the end is nigh", etc.).  Notifications
*requiring*action should be handled differently, shouldn't they?  This
means that
non-critical notifications can be safely ignored.

I hope my input has been helpful.

Thanks,

Sohail Mirza


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Vincenzo Ciancia <ciancia@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Il 07/07/2009 15:07, Praveen ha scritto:
>
>> no please don't do such a thing. it takes away a lot of benefits of the
>> new messaging system. ie i can from the notification know what the other
>> person has to say and hence decide if i want to open the chat window now
>> or later.
>>
>> Also if the messages shouldn't come then one should
>> set the do-not-disturb mode.
>>
>>
> You are right. The problem I was trying to address is that people will
> forget to set the "presentation" state before switching to full screen, not
> deciding which notifications may be embrassing or which applications are
> likely to be presentations.
>
> So let's try to solve that problem. A possibility is to issue a
> notification when an application goes full-screen, saying "notifications
> will be displayed, switch to presentation mode to suppress them".
>
>
>
>
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