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Hi Jason,

well, this is what i've been waiting for all along:
professional post production software for Ubuntu!

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 19:33, Jason DeRose <jderose@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I didn't make it clear, but in my scenario there will very likely be a
> person editing at the workstation.
>

Being a devoted AVID user (audio), I'm well aware of the various zombie
states one can assume, operating a digital workstation for the better part
of the day..

When someone is there editing, I think NotifyOSD strikes a wonderful
> balance between reliably capturing the user's attention yet not
> distracting them.  It's all because the notifications are
> non-interactive.  They're strangely soothing, IHMO.  (Mad props to
> those who designed them so well.)
>

I can only begin to imagine the benefits of my ProTools being integrated
into its hosting DE for once.. that would change everything! Notify OSD and
AppIndicators provide such an easy way of integrating one's professional
software into the Desktop Environment seamlessly.


> All the same, it would be a small effort to try both approaches, get
> feedback from the users.  If you ever have a mockup of what you had in
> mind for said window, I'd love to see it.
>

Menus are condensed interfaces, they offer the most frequently used options
of an otherwise more comprehensive interface for rapid interaction. In a
similar way, as in Ayatana Indicator Menus, they can also offer the most
recent and current event/process/progress/item in a given activity, e.g. a
conversation, a message or a completed transfer.

I think it is always easy to see a menu as a proxy to the more comprehensive
main window of the same respective "project".
Only that the menu will give back focus to the thing you were working on
without the disturbing requirements of window management.

I know this is a very specialized use case and it might seem like I'm
> splitting hairs, but it's also a use case where small improvements can
> make a big difference to the user.
>

I can confirm that.
When only a single keyboard command changes, it can have a severe effect on
how usable my workstation is!
Imagine.. you sit behind that workstation for a dozen of hours on many a
day, doing the same thing over and over again, how terrible would it be, to
run into a logical regression in the UI design.

Thanks again for your input!  I'll add your suggestion to the wiki page.
>

keep me posted as the software becomes available for testing, i for one
can't wait to get professional post production work done in desktop Linux.