Woot! It's great to hear that, Dan. Alright, I'll throw a blueprint together and we can start discussing it more here and at that blueprint. And actually, Dan brings up a good point: this is definitely L+1 stuff. Let's not get distracted from Luna with it. ;) I just wanted to get the conversation rolling and some peoples' brains going.
Regards, Cassidy On Jul 2, 2012 11:15 PM, "Daniel Foré" <dan...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > I absolutely want to look into actions in notifications for Luna +1. I > think we really have the opportunity to do some great work around > notifications, confirmations, etc and providing quick actions could > definitely be one of them :) > > Best Regards, > Daniel Foré > > El jul 2, 2012, a las 8:44 p.m., Cassidy James <c...@ssidyjam.es> escribió: > > Thanks for the reply, Victor. A couple on inline relies: > > On Jul 2, 2012 10:08 PM, "Victor Eduardo" <victoredua...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hey, that looks good. In regard to your questions: > > > > > > > Does it sound like a good idea? > > > > It's working nicely in GNOME Shell, and personally I find actions in > notifications really useful. In my opinion they make a lot of sense in some > cases, like when you get notified of a message from a friend. A > go-to-conversation button would probably make a lot of sense there. > > > > I didn't know that. This might make it easier since there's less we'd have > to do and other apps potentially already support it. > > > > How would we go about implementing it? > > The API is already there. libnotify provides support for adding actions, > so it's easy to add support for action buttons to our apps. Currently, > these are only shown when using GNOME Shell AFAIK, since notify-osd has no > support for them. > > > > Oh, sweet! I'm definitely interested in looking into it. I am not familiar > with the API, but I do think it's important that we restrict it as far as > only showing three actions or something. Is anyone familiar enough with the > API to chime in here? > > > > > > What would it look like? > > It depends on how you implement it on the server side (notify-osd, > pantheon-notify, etc.). Mockup time! > > > > Dan, go! ;) Or other designers since Dan has a lot on his plate. > > I do like the idea of only showing the actions when expanding the > notification. It keeps it clean and out of the way unless the user > explicitly wants to interact with it. > > > > > > What problems could it create? > > Apart from increasing the workload for pantheon-notify's dev(s), I don't > see any other problem. > > > > > > > What problems could it solve? > > Interesting question. Let's see what others say :) > > > > Regards, > > Victor > > > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Cassidy James <c...@ssidyjam.es> wrote: > >> > >> Hey Devs, > >> > >> I was catching up on some Android developer things from I/O last week > and came across something nifty regarding notifications. In Android 4.1, > Google has added a "big content view" to the notifications, actually pretty > similar to our idea with the expanded Pantheon Notification. However, > they've expanded on that: Actions. > >> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yc8YrVc47TI#t=1917s > (Link > should point to 31:57) > >> > >> With actions, users can quickly and easily perform a relevant action > without even going to the app. For example, you could have a "Like" button > on a Facebook notification, "Reply" and "Archive" buttons on an email > notification, etc. Basically the developer can make it faster for users to > perform a few actions. Of course they're pretty strictly-controlled by the > platform so that developers don't get carried away; in Android, you can add > up to three actions. > >> > >> I think it would be an interesting route to look into. With Pantheon > Notifications we already have an "expanded view" on hover, and it might be > nice to let developers add a few actions to the notifications. What I want > to know from all of you is: > >> Does it sound like a good idea? > >> How would we go about implementing it? > >> What would it look like? > >> What problems could it create? > >> What problems could it solve? > >> Of course this is just me throwing an idea out there; I'm not saying > it's an idea we have to run with or even that it's a good idea. I simply > have been enjoying this feature on my phone this past week and wanted to > see if we could brainstorm something similar for on the desktop. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Cassidy James > >> > >> -- > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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