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Re: [Bug 428509] [NEW] Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps

To: Bug 428509 <428509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:00:06 +0100
Cc: Mirco Mülle, Ayatana List <ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, r <mirco.mueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20091002164458.15470.73674.launchpad@potassium.ubuntu.com>
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Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> Just noticed that the recent notify-osd behavior ,in Karmic, suppresses
> all the async notifications during full screen apps!
>
> This is a bit frustrating , because now 
> - I'm not notified about loss of network connectivity!
> - when IM messages are received the lack of notifications forces me to escape from full-screen mode and check with the IM client as to who sent the IM . Previously it was easier to know who had sent it and i could choose if i wanted to reply immediately or not.
> - I'm not notified about new mail arrivals.
>
> I believe there was a lengthy discussion in the Ayatana Mailing list and the decision was to :
> - Use a DND mode in the FUSA/indicator-session
> - Not show notifications only when the user has selected the DND mode.
>   

Mirco, did we ever run notify-osd in a mode where it displayed
notification urgency (critical, normal, low)? I wonder if we shouldn't
take the view that full-screen apps block non-critical async
notifications, and that some system-wide async notifications like
network loss would be classed as critical.

Mark

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