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[Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 15/03/10 18:01, Jim Rorie wrote:
>> Essentially, what the problem is that the spec removed a common desktop
>> level interactive loop and replaced it with multiple ad-hoc application
>> level paths.  It created the a problem similar to the one that the
>> application indicator is trying to solve.
>>
>> While I like the current notifications, the side effects of this change
>> weren't fully pursued.  I suggested a solution on this group back in
>> December that would have left the current notifications intact exactly
>> as they are, but with a panel icon to extend functionality for those
>> that needed it.  It was not received well.
>>
>> However, one part mystically appeared in the Me Menu. Hmm. :)
>>
> The general pattern is:
>
>  - ethereal notifications for things you can afford to miss

At the risk of sounding facetious, we are talking about *ephemeral*
notifications, correct? Somewhere along the line the vocabulary was
changed and it took me a few emails to realise people weren't talking
about look and feel. Unless light, airy, and tenuous is some high
level experience goal for the notification design.

>  - indicators for things that should persist (even across a reboot)
>  - we'll try to create indicators which serve a general purpose and can
> be used by multiple related apps
>
> So, for example, we will handle the "restart required" use case as follows:
>
>  - the power icon will change to an alert colour
>  - the Restart... item will gain an alert emblem, and the text will
> change to Restart Required...
>
> That gives us:
>
>  - one less popup window
>  - one less arbitrary indicator (we're reusing the session indicator)
>
> Mark
>
>
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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
KDE e.V. Board of Directors
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