On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Luke Benstead <kaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > erm...Windicator Priorities? -- I am 13 year old and make a lot of typos. I am a non-native english speaker. I will never answer emails half-asleep again. I love Ubuntu.
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