Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-11-02 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 02. nov. 2011 11:53, skrev James Jenner: Interestingly, in regards to this conversation, at the end of the wiki under Unresolved Issues is the following point: * Some notifications are communications you need to react upon fx. chatmessages. It seems odd that it is not possible to do

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-11-02 Thread James Jenner
On 2 November 2011 18:11, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > That wouldn't be a bad idea if the goal was to somehow make the > notifications actionable. That's not the goal. This would still compel the > user to react. These notifications are not meant like that. They're meant > to keep you updated ab

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-11-02 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 02. nov. 2011 08:38, skrev staticd: My 2 cents: 1)As I understand it there are three (what is the fourth?) methods of presenting info to the users: a)Notifications: appear on the screen, don't steal input focus, clicking them clicks the background. b)indicators on the top bar: invite and

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread James Jenner
On 1 November 2011 12:44, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Den 01. nov. 2011 02:22, skrev James Jenner: > > Optional means sometimes. Intermittent functionality means confusion. > Also, for this to be useful, the notifications would have to stay on screen > permanently. Otherwise, you still wouldn't b

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread Omar B .
rtcut - open/focus last program that send a > notification > > Den 31. okt. 2011 19:25, skrev James Jenner: > > > > I only say this because often I will see a notification from an > > application that is on a different workspace and the effort to open > > said ap

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 01. nov. 2011 02:22, skrev James Jenner: I wasn't saying that they should require interaction, just saying that interaction could be optional. I don't mind only a keyboard shortcut but to have a mouse option would be nice. In my mind the application should use the framework to provide int

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread James Jenner
On 1 November 2011 09:43, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > Den 31. okt. 2011 19:25, skrev James Jenner: > > >> I only say this because often I will see a notification from an >> application that is on a different workspace and the effort to open said >> application would be simplified if I could just

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 31. okt. 2011 19:25, skrev James Jenner: I only say this because often I will see a notification from an application that is on a different workspace and the effort to open said application would be simplified if I could just click the notification (which currently just makes the notifica

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread James Jenner
On 1 November 2011 08:41, Thibaut Brandscheid wrote: > I just thought it would be uber-cool to have a shortcut to open/focus last > application that send an notification to the user (if useful). This would > increase use of indicators for power users without disturbing normal users. > Right now t

Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a notification

2011-10-31 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Den 31. okt. 2011 18:41, skrev Thibaut Brandscheid: I just thought it would be uber-cool to have a shortcut to open/focus last application that send an notification to the user (if useful). This would increase use of indicators for power users without disturbing normal users. Right now there is