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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/05/10 10:43, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan wrote:
> On 15 March 2010 21:45, Akshay Gupta <kitallis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> Hey, all.
>> I posted a GSoC project Idea on the ubuntu-soc list yesterday and I thought
>> it'd be more appropriate if I run it down by developers in the Ayatana list.
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-soc/2010-March/000047.html
>> Some of the things that this project could help solve :
>> 1.) Make the OSD customizable
>>      * setting up persistence time
>>      * UI modifications over a basic structure
>>      * Font size/style
>>      ...other similar stuff we can decide upon.
>> 2.) Most of the above things would be customized by an OSD Manager that
>> could handle all those by a native GTK+ application.
>> 3.) Implementing unresolved work in the Design Specs.
>> A few design features that I have in mind (possibly conflicting from the
>> specs in the wiki) :
>> 1.) Stacking, that'd make the bubbles dock downwards as they are initiated
>> and start to stack up as the bubble times finish away.
>> 2.) A close button on the corner of the bubble as soon as a mouseover occurs
>> (like Growl, instead of disappearing away)
>> 3.) Some other ideas?
>>     
> How about the bubbles being more interactive. For example, the most
> common use of these bubbles is associated with the media players. But
> I find the need to be able to skip or pause songs when they are
> playing on shuffle. So, having play/pause, next, previous options on
> the bubbles would make it more useful.
>   

No, that will be handled through the Sound Menu.

Mark

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