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Re: Application Indicators improvement suggestion - optional text with icon

 

According to mockups in the time and date wiki there will be options to show
the date as well as seconds. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeAndDate�; So why not
have the ability to show the temperature in the weather indicator?

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I would wager to guess more people care about the temperature than the
> condition.
> The equivalent would be if the date was shown by default and the time were
> hidden.
>
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> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:51:41 -0400
>
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Application Indicators improvement suggestion -
> optional text with icon
> From: shrouded.cloud@xxxxxxxxx
> To: merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It accurately portrays the condition... Just like how the date/time
> indicator accurately portrays the time, but the date is hidden away in the
> menu. A single click and you can find out the more in-depth information as
> needed.
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Do you think for the weather indicator, icon-only can "convey the
> information accurately"? I don't.
>
> It could show the sunny icon on both a day where it is 30F or 90F, so
> icon-only in that case isn't very accurate at all.
>
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