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[mac_v <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarding this bug to ayatana ML, 

Since this issue of notifications and fullscreen apps had been discussed
extensively . 

The UX team seems to have decided
- to suppress the bubbles while apps are running in fullscreen mode with
*no* DND mode.



-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: Bug 428509 <428509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Bug 428509] Re: Do not suppress async notifications when
using fullscreen apps
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:22:41 -0000

mac_v wrote:
> Hi Mark ,
> The issues with screen flicker when running apps in fullscreen has been solved in compiz.
> So , Why do any of the bubbles have to be suppressed? 
> Why is an IM not important?
>
> The other day , i was watching a movie and the sound of an IM ping got
> drowned in the movie's noise , and didnt notice the IM until the movie
> was over! And by then the person who had sent the IM was offline.
>
> Why cant the status be obtained from the indicator session... So, when
> user sets themselves as busy and is in fullscreen mode , then suppress
> the IM bubbles...
>
> For me, if a person sends me an IM , IM *is* more important than the
> movie and i do want to be notified immediately.
>   

The issue is presentations - it's potentially embarrassing to have
non-system messages up on a big screen.

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Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps
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Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: notify-osd

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.

If the DND is not possible to implement in this cycle , Kindly dont
suppress the notifications.

I didnt notice this behavior earlier , i just imagined I missed the
notifications when using fullscreen apps.

I think it started occurring from update notify-osd (0.9.19-0ubuntu1) to
0.9.20-0ubuntu1 . 

Ever since the slots have been assigned i have never seen the async
bubbles
when running any app in full screen mode. [firefox , totem, vlc ,
OOo.org , EOG]

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Cheers,
mac_v