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[Phong Cao Viet <phngcv@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree!

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jean Levasseur <levasseur.jean@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I don't get that "service" VS "non-service" thing... for example, I fully
> expect my mail app to be a "service-like" application. I don't want to open
> the whole mail client "just to see if I got mail", nor do i want to have it
> open at all times "just in case I recieve mail".  I want to be notified when
> mail arrives, an then if I decide to go read it, let's go and open the
> application.  Same thing for gwibber and empathy, and liferea.  If something
> arrives, then notify me, then I'll decide if I want to open the app to read
> it or not.  Having 4 applications open, laying in memory and on my desktop
> "just in case something arrives" is a waste in my opinion, as well as having
> all of them closed, but having to open each one to update them.  You guys
> provided people some ways to update their status / send e-mails without
> having to have the client open (me-menu/messaging menu), why not continue
> that way and allow people to be notified about what they recieve the same
> way?  That would make the whole experience a real nice one.
>
> I'm not a designer, this is just my 2 cents, I hope it'll help!
>
> Jean.
>
>
> 2011/1/17 Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> > Hey Vish and other,
>> > As told in https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04544.html, we
>> > discussed that behavior at last UDS and it seems that emails shouldn't
>> > be seen as a service. mpt will be able to develop it a little bit more
>> > right now.
>>
>> One issue I'm now noticing at that blueprint discussion is that it
>> started about harmonizing the behavior of sound and messaging
>> applications and ended with the conclusion that sound apps are
>> more service-y than message apps.
>>
>> But what about harmonizing the behavior between *different*
>> messaging applications? Fact is, among all four applications
>> I have in the MM (Empathy, Evolution, Gwibber, Liferea),
>> Evolution is the *only* one without a "hide" behavior.
>>
>>
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