On 11/29/2011 05:56 PM, David wrote:
I like this proposal, and it has my "vote". Hiding indicators with an arrow is one of the features I most miss in Unity. Especially when using a lot of indicators, which can overlap with the menus in some applications (and no, I don't see anything wrong with the applications having long menus, though something should be done to handle the overflow from these menus).Hi, i have a new proposal for notifications / indicators:actually we show per default: - messages (status/chat/twitter/mail/ubuntu_one) - battery - bluetooth - network - sound (volume/music) - clock - session switcher (switch user) - Power (shutdown ...) Here is my proposal: - me menu - like https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeMenu or gnome-shell system indicators: (hidden by default, can be shown by clicking on an arrow) - sound - battery - network notification indicators: (hidden by default) - messages - like http://ubuntuone.com/3pQaNx9TdpPXEZHMIjPgdP - devices - updates - update all - ---------- - Ubuntu - ---------- - App1 - App2 - ... - progress - like https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/ProgressIndication - ... How it should work: - per default only the me menu should be visible. - clock: To be able to do that we need to find a new place for the clock. (launcher/dash?) - networking: is most of the time not needed (automatic connects at lan/known wlan/usb/...) - battery: is only interesting when its discharging - sound: annoying when its hidden and you don't have hardware buttons - indicators are only visible when needed - you can click on an arrow to see - battery - network - sound (hides automatic when you move your mouse away from the panel) - we could show a number for how many notifications happened (3 in messages, 2 downloads, ...) - only notifications and system indicators should be allowed - To do that we need to find the use cases of the other indicators and find ways to handle them (i didn't really do that) - for some indicators it might be enough to use quicklist? (tomboy) - we could improve "minimize" - good for apps like opera/lernid/... that wants to hide their main window - every application could be hidden by minimizing it - minimized apps could be shown ass small icons at the bottom in the launcher - easier to have a feature to start apps "hidden" at login. - not sure how other indicators like cpu scaling or desktop recording etc could be handled Indicators become visible/hidden when a specific notification happens: - Open Wireless connection found -> notification + network indicator fades in - connection etablished -> notification + if visible network indicator fades out - New mail -> notification + message indicator fades in - New chat -> notification + message indicator fades in - another new mail -> notification + updated message indicator - New Printer found. Installing... -> only notification - Driver for printer needed -> notification + device menu fades in - Printer is ready to use -> notification + if visible device indicator fades out - New updates found -> notification + update indicator fades in (with feature to update all) - please close firefox to continue updates -> notification + update indicator change state - playing music -> sound menu fades in - audio conversation (skype and co) -> sound menu fades in - sound menu fades out when finished - ... pro - The blue icon effect is no longer needed - there was a notification when you see an icon - there was no notification when there is no icon - cleaned up top right corner - more place for menus and title (even more important on small screens) - better looking - Everything is about the application, you see nothing system releated. i think this fits good into the vision to integrate applications with the panel contra - more clicks needed to do simple things like - changing volume when no hardware buttons are avaible - bluetooth - connecting to a network - we could always show the network indicator when not connected remaining questions: - is it ok that the clock is not always visible? - where should the clock be? launcher? dash? - should we show the network-indicator as long as you have never been connected - people might not know how to connect to the internet - what are other problems with this? I am working on a mockup (in form of a webpage) so that you can try it out and see how it would work/look. It should be ready in 2 or 3 days. What do you think? David Reiching _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp Here's how my current panel is:  |
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