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[Akshat Jain <ssj6akshat1234@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 18 June 2010 16:25, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > We'll have to think about that :-)
>> >
>> > Suggestions? Show the ones that most recently changed status?
>>
>> I think that would introduce an unpredictability factor
>> that a lot of users wouldn't like.
>>
>> Like it happens with the panel, I think we should consider
>> that even without the space problem there is the simple fact
>> that cluttering the indicator area diminishes its
>> usefulness.
>>
>> I've always been a supporter of enforcing a limit on
>> indicators, like the Windows 7 notification area does
>> by throwing the excess icons in a popup (and allowing
>> the user to choose which ones have priority), because
>> trusting application developers to follow common sense
>> simply does not work.
>>
>> For windicators the problem is even worse, so at the
>> risk of someone calling me by the Godwin word, I'd
>> support even flat out *forbidding* more than a certain
>> number via library constraints, not only separating
>> them to a popup. :)
>>
>>
> Agreed. We think we should be careful to specify EXACTLY when a Windicator
> is suitable and restricting the number, otherwise we could end up with the
> notification area all over again...
>
> I think it might even be a good idea to come up with a preferable set of
> Windicators that apps can use (e.g. sound, save state, connection state,
> shared state).
>
> Luke.
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erm...Windicator Priorities?

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