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[Steve Dodier <sidnioulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarding to ayatana as i forgot to put it in the recipient list AGAIN...

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From: Steve Dodier <sidnioulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2009/7/8
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors
To: Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>


I must say i disagree with the use of a "reminder" notification per
application. I would be in favour of a notification (or dialog box) that
lets the user know (s)he can disable notifications (and maybe other things
like blinking indicator-applet and pidgin/empathy windows) when (s)he goes
in FUSA do-not-disturb mode, but this notification / dialog box should only
appear once (and possibly not in the first day of use because the user might
have enough things to do / learn not to be able to focus on "new" things).
My main worry about notifications per application is that indeed, it will
piss users off. And if really we want to do it once per app, it means we
have to remember about every app for which a notification has been shown.
Sounds like too much effort for the benefit in my opinion.

By the way, i mention dialog boxes, because i don't consider it bad to use
it in order to present a feature to an user. Indeed, the OS of the bug #1
just spams dialog boxes with errors and cryptic messages, seriously
disturbing it's users. I think educational dialog boxes that only appear in
order to present the indicator applet and notification system (so that the
user knows how to expect his system / apps to communicate towards him)
should be bearable.



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