Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-22 Thread Jan Hopmans
On 14/9/2010 00:33, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: Should we add an item high in the Session Menu called "Do Not Disturb" with a checkbox before it?? You could combine this with the Away, Busy, Offline status. Those mostly include situation where people don't want to be disturbed and would su

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Apoorva Sharma
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Walter Wittel wrote: > And this further reinforces Diego's statement: > "Apoorva Sharma proposed in this trhead a mockup that wouldn't need > configuration as it only obscures system information, which IMHO is a > better design because it avoids the basic flaw of

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 00:34, ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: > > > "David Hamm" wrote: > > >"To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a > >way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them." > > > >Hear Hear > > > >*slams водка mug on table* > > Yes, b

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread ubu...@kitterman.com
"David Hamm" wrote: >"To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a >way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them." > >Hear Hear > >*slams водка mug on table* Yes, but extremism about this is equally dangerous. It results in a design that is we

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Walter Wittel
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM, David Hamm wrote: > "To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a > way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them." > Hear Hear And this further reinforces Diego's statement: "Apoorva Sharma proposed in this trhead

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread David Hamm
"To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them." Hear Hear *slams водка mug on table* ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@li

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Conscious User
> There seems to be this idea that allowing user control is poor design. To be more accurate, the idea is that allowing user control is often a way to sweep problems under the rug instead of actually solving them. Or, to put in another way, configurability is an option that makes people stop t

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Conscious User
Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 à 11:01 -0400, Mark Russell a écrit : > On 09/22/2010 06:16 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > > I think the design of our pretty bubbles is good, implementation not yet > > complete and i have only one flaw to comment on: > > Notify only! > > ATM the bubbles don't

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Diego Moya
On 22 September 2010 12:16, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 19:00, Diego Moya wrote: > >> The last option (current approach) makes it an all-or-nothing proposition >> i.e. users that don't find the default design will not benefit at all from >> notifications, being forced

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread Mark Russell
On 09/22/2010 06:16 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > I think the design of our pretty bubbles is good, implementation not yet > complete and i have only one flaw to comment on: > Notify only! > ATM the bubbles don't only notify, they also relay complete IM messages.. > that is an abuse by Empa

[Ayatana] Desktop Silent Mode

2010-09-22 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi List, we all are familiar with variations of "Silent" modes on our mobile telephones. Voice messaging has been a normal thing on desktop computers and notebooks/netbooks for years, since we have Yahoo Messenger with voice, Google Talk with voice, Skype and many more to mention. When busy, occu

Re: [Ayatana] unity and notifications

2010-09-22 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 19:00, Diego Moya wrote: > > On 20 September 2010 18:25, Luke Benstead wrote: > >> >> I can only think of two options to display notifications while trying not >> to obscure a user's workspace: >> >> a.) Don't display notifications in the working area (e.g. display them in

Re: [Ayatana] progress indication

2010-09-22 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Yes yes yes!!! On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 09:45, dani wrote: > some time ago in this mailing list, started to talk about a possible > progress indicator > thanks for staying at it, this one really will eliminate at least 10 other design problems we have been discussing, is what my common sense tel

[Ayatana] progress indication

2010-09-22 Thread dani
some time ago in this mailing list, started to talk about a possible progress indicator now we have many types of disordered and different progress: -Nautilus (it hasn't mono icon for indicator ) -Firefox (ends at the right corner of the screen) "Brasero (it use another indicator) just to name a