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[Jan Claeys <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Op maandag 07-09-2009 om 17:24 uur [tijdzone +0300], schreef Alex
Lourie:
> 1. MI will present me the simple *content*-based view of what I've
> missed;
> not applications. For example:
> 
>     Email Messages
>         Inbox
>         Gmail
>         Other Mailboxes
>     Twitter Messages
>         alex@twitter
>     Identica Messages
>         alex@xxxxxxxxx
>     Jabber Messages
>         alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <alex@xxxxxx>
>     ICQ Messages
>         987654321 - alourie
>     News (RSS)
>         NY Times
>         Planet Ubuntu
>     Phone
>         Missed Calls
>         Missed Messages
> 
> 2. MI would be able to *present* me any messages I have missed without
> me having application running (I only have IDE opened during coding
> session, but I still would like to get email notifications).

That sounds like you want to reinvent Telepathy...

But maybe that's a good idea: why not build this indicator as a
telepathy-based application instead of reinventing stuff?  That would
also solve the current issue that for most people the indicator applet
just duplicates information that's already visible elsewhere.


-- 
Jan Claeys