On 18 June 2010 16:25, Conscious User <consciousu...@aol.com> wrote: > > > We'll have to think about that :-) > > > > Suggestions? Show the ones that most recently changed status? > > I think that would introduce an unpredictability factor > that a lot of users wouldn't like. > > Like it happens with the panel, I think we should consider > that even without the space problem there is the simple fact > that cluttering the indicator area diminishes its > usefulness. > > I've always been a supporter of enforcing a limit on > indicators, like the Windows 7 notification area does > by throwing the excess icons in a popup (and allowing > the user to choose which ones have priority), because > trusting application developers to follow common sense > simply does not work. > > For windicators the problem is even worse, so at the > risk of someone calling me by the Godwin word, I'd > support even flat out *forbidding* more than a certain > number via library constraints, not only separating > them to a popup. :) > > Agreed. We think we should be careful to specify EXACTLY when a Windicator is suitable and restricting the number, otherwise we could end up with the notification area all over again...
I think it might even be a good idea to come up with a preferable set of Windicators that apps can use (e.g. sound, save state, connection state, shared state). Luke.
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