Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Matt Wheeler wrote: > Do async. notifications have a maximum height? > If they do, I think a more sensible position would be max_height away > from the bottom of the screen, and then place the synchronous > notifications just above that. They do, it's 12 lines of text, and on netbooks, that would p

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-13 Thread Matt Wheeler
2009/5/13 Mark Shuttleworth : Sure, here's a picture of what I'd like us to try: --snip--  - notifications won't occlude the tabs-and-search-and-title area that they currently do  - syncronous ("feedback") notifications, which are always the same size, will always be in the same place  - ...

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-13 Thread mac_v
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Steve Dodier wrote: >> Mark, do you mind explaining what you mean with an "halfway line" ? >> Does it mean the notifications wouldn't go in the top of the screen if >> there's no sync notification ? That'd be space eating in

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Steve Dodier wrote: Mark, do you mind explaining what you mean with an "halfway line" ? Does it mean the notifications wouldn't go in the top of the screen if there's no sync notification ? That'd be space eating in netbooks and laptops, imho. Sure, here's a picture of what I'd like us to try:

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-12 Thread Steve Dodier
But if the user is focusing on something else, the worse thing to do would be to force him to break his focus. I quite like notify-osd as it is (apart from the terrible lag when using the backlight change keyboard shortcuts). Mark, do you mind explaining what you mean with an "halfway line" ? Does

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-12 Thread mac_v
Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Nate wrote: >> What if the notification bubbles started neatly in the corner, but >> after a moment slid down the screen and slowly faded while it moved >> down a few inches, where it would disappear? New bubbles would pop >> up in the corner, but would slide down while

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Nate wrote: > What if the notification bubbles started neatly in the corner, but > after a moment slid down the screen and slowly faded while it moved > down a few inches, where it would disappear? New bubbles would pop up > in the corner, but would slide down while their duration ran out. > More

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-11 Thread Nick Ellery
Hi, > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: >> >> Natan Yellin wrote: >> >> Natan >> >> >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: Ryan Prior >> Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:58 AM >> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Things I have noticed >> To: Natan Yellin >> >> >> On Sat,

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-11 Thread Nate
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Natan Yellin wrote: > > > Natan > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Ryan Prior > Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:58 AM > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Things I have noticed > To: Natan Yellin > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:55

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-11 Thread mac_v
Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > We're also thinking of using things like > "the user is busy typing, give him a few more milliseconds for this one" > to let users finish a sentence then look at the notification. +1 this would be nice , especially when bubbles containing a lot of text pops up... somethin

Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: Things I have noticed

2009-05-11 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Natan Yellin wrote: > > Natan > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: *Ryan Prior* mailto:ryanpr...@gmail.com>> > Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:58 AM > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Things I have noticed > To: Natan Yellin mailto:aan...@gmail.com>> > > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Natan