On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 15:25, Conscious User <consciousu...@aol.com> wrote:
> I think something as intrusive as popups are only acceptable for > urgent things like disk running out of space. A phone ringing is a pretty annoying intrusion -- precisely because we accept that missing a phone call is a big deal, and should be jarring enough to make us pay attention to something annoying. Similarly, an incoming VOIP call through Empathy, or an incoming IM with a potential employer (a situation I'm hitting right now) is a BIG DEAL to miss, and should be BIG and FLASHING and ANNOYING. :) Is an email a big deal? Is an IM a big deal? Is a VOIP call a big deal? I think it's impossible to get this right for everybody, so it really should be configurable. Further, I think we're far enough off a good "out-of-the-box" behavior that the defaults need some serious re-thinking. -- Jeremy Nickurak -= Email/XMPP: -= jer...@nickurak.ca =-
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