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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/03/10 20:40, Alex Launi wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     BTW, the new icon appears to be pulsing during acquisition.  I thought
>     this was a no no?
>
>
> Blinking as a sole means of alerting the user to an event is a no-no,
> the pulsing while connecting animation is just sort of showing that
> the program is in a transition state of 'connecting'. This is pretty
> similar to the dots that change color 1-by-1 during start up and shut
> down.

Confirmed. An indicator should not flash for an indefinite period, but
an animation, or transition, is acceptable. Examples are:

 - the sound indicator going red when muted and sound tries to play
 - the network indicator animation during connection

Mark

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