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[Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 June 2010 00:28, Apoorva Sharma <appi2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    To get around these problems, I have come up with the following idea.
>    ...
>    If this is implemented, then all the windicators could have copies of
them already in
>the panel. For example, not only would rhythmbox have a volume indicator on
the
>window, its volume would be added to the sound menu, which would display
the
>system sound as well as application specific sound. Thus, users could see
what the
>status of individual, unmaximized windows is by just looking at the window,
without
>having to go to the panel, but if the window takes up the whole screen
(maximized)
>then going to the panel is pretty much the same thing, so there would be no
need for
>two areas of indication.


I think you've just described the rationale for the new Ubuntu panel menus
(Sound-, Network-, Me-menus). So what you're suggesting would be akin to
dismiss the windicator idea and have all windows notifications centralized
in standardized panel menus?

I like your suggested status categories for standard windicators:

    * Online status (Online, Offline, Connecting | Connect, Go offline)
    * Operation Progress (Working, perhaps showing a progressbar icon (ala
battery icon) | a progressbar showing progress, cancel, pause/resume)
    * Volume (Volume level | Volume slider, Mute)
    * Security status (Secure, Insecure (locked/unlocked icons) | Lock,
Unlock)

Maybe the windicators framework should include support for them, so that all
applications that need these categories will behave in a consistent way.