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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

In terms of the sound indicators id like if all the sound levels could
be controlled from the main sound indicator rather than having 2 sound
level controls. So when an application that uses sound starts playing,
another sound level bar is added with a description above it. Just an
idea but I think having 2 would look slightly bad IMO.

-fagan 

  
On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 15:22 +0300, Roth Robert wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> 
> Starting a new topic to discuss the suggestions, comments, ideas
> regarding the windicators Mark blogged about.
> 
> 
> The idea seems awesome, but there are many minor details which require
> discussion in my opinion. Some of them were already noticed by readers
> on Mark's blog, like the problem that the sound windicator raises,
> that people will have more sound applets, one for the system, and one
> for every application that uses sounds. This in my opinion needs
> rethinking because there are problematic usecases, like:I am listening
> music with Rhythmbox, and working in a maximized window with some
> sourcecode in an IDE. I receive a voice call from a friend (through
> Empathy) - in that moment I want to mute the music playing... or maybe
> I just want to lower the volume... I have to switch to the rhythmbox
> window, lower the volume, switch to empathy, accept the voice call. So
> the point is when indicators were introduced, some of them were
> general - like the sound applet, status menu - these shouldn't be
> duplicated as windicators. A sound indicator handling all the
> applications would be better, just like the gnome pulse applet but
> implemented as a system indicator, maybe added the now playing
> information and general sound-related actions, as discussed earlier. 
> Otherwise I like the idea to use the right side of the titlebar to
> show progress status, app status, share icons, etc.
> Another tiny detail I have a problem with... having progress status
> indicators on the top right side and having the transient status
> message appear on the bottom left side seems strange... do the status
> messages have to appear on the bottom left? Until now it was fine
> because the progress indicator was in the statusbar and the status
> message also, but these belong together in my opinion. What if they'd
> appear below the windicators for a short time? Going even further with
> the idea... what if they would be NotifyOSD messages with smaller
> bubble, font, and positioned below the window border?
> 
> 
> So these are my ideas now regarding the idea of windicators.... but
> I'm thinking how to mix the idea of windicators for indicators and
> esfera for window management, because both seem very useful ... 
> 
> 
> Ideas, suggestions, comments please...
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