Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread David Hamm
(5 point exploding heart technique) of course this doesn't include the actual contacts themselves should they appear in the menu. In im world when there is someone you don't want to be notified about, you typically don't want to hear about them at all and so you would right click there name and bl

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread David Hamm
"better would be 2 different submit buttons attached to the broadcast input field. "Broadcast Status", and "Refresh"." keep in mind the memenu is a small space and is designed for broad use (pretty much all pc users) I suggest that there should be no more then 10 things you can click in the menu a

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
further thought... On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 13:37, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's what we'd have the "Unlink IM Presence" option for (MeMenu in > gconf). > better would be 2 different submit buttons attached to the broadcast input field. "Broadcast Status",

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 13:29, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The MeMenu could be redesigned to support mainly automatic states by the > following pattern: > * [ON|OFF] "Do not disturb" > defaults to "off". ON if a fullscreen activity is focused. Let's stop talkin

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
lemme rephrase: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 13:01, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > But you're right, we could still use the "idle" metaphor, since automatic > Presence states are equally useful for IM and for system behaviour. > Then we could fade out the panel to minima

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Thought about it again.. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:35, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:09, Jan Hopmans wrote: > >> On 14/9/2010 00:33, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Should we add an item high in the Session Menu calle

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-23 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi Jan, On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:09, Jan Hopmans wrote: > 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 mostl

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] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-15 Thread Walter Wittel
I like the idea of buffering (at least to a point) so the user can catch up later. I think the biggest problem to solve for "Silent Mode setup dialog" is how to populate it. Seems notifications can come and go based on users installing and uninstalling applications. Also I *really* use the "Inhibi

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-15 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi Walter, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:44, Walter Wittel wrote: > Ability to easily switch between two (or a small few) modes (e.g. do > not disturb except for ... / do not disturb REALLY) with proper > default might get you to 95% without any further configuration. > yeah, for example * notify

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-14 Thread Walter Wittel
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:39 PM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > yeah, everything users suggest frequently. It est all common use cases. We > don't want to create a bloated configuration page.. just the most frequent > use cases for the beginning. I've heard this before months ago WRT notifica

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-13 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 01:39, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > in an environment in which not even being online can stop the system from > spamming me with popup alerts about www-related actions that are now > possible, we need an undisturbed mode that can be activate

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-13 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi Ralph, On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 01:08, Ralph Green wrote: > On 9/13/10, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > > Should we add an item high in the Session Menu called "Do Not Disturb" > with > > a checkbox before it?? > >... > > i think offering an undisturbed session mode is a valid suggestion fo

Re: [Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-13 Thread Ralph Green
On 9/13/10, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: > Should we add an item high in the Session Menu called "Do Not Disturb" with > a checkbox before it?? >... > i think offering an undisturbed session mode is a valid suggestion for a > comfortable experience.. > I hope you mean everything. It should sto

[Ayatana] Do Not Disturb vs Indicator Session

2010-09-13 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Should we add an item high in the Session Menu called "Do Not Disturb" with a checkbox before it?? This would parent everything destraction or disturbance-related. We could take the further implementation of what DoNotDisturb mode could mean from there.. some want that to mean "away" in IM, other