On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 11:18 -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > We've been pushing this 'ethereal notification' idea for a long time. > Has anybody outside Ubuntu picked up on it? Why or why not? Is it a > direction that should be continued on, or is a course-change required?
I haven't seen nor read about another distro picking it up, outside those downstream from Ubuntu. What's more disconcerting is that Mozilla hasn't committed. And I don't blame them. To implement notifications is to lose functionality. Essentially, what the problem is that the spec removed a common desktop level interactive loop and replaced it with multiple ad-hoc application level paths. It created the a problem similar to the one that the application indicator is trying to solve. While I like the current notifications, the side effects of this change weren't fully pursued. I suggested a solution on this group back in December that would have left the current notifications intact exactly as they are, but with a panel icon to extend functionality for those that needed it. It was not received well. However, one part mystically appeared in the Me Menu. Hmm. :) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
