Hello, I recently reported (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=406433), my point being: "Why does gnome-network-manager spam me each time it connects to wlan with a libnotify-popup? It's silly especially because I have to see it couple times a day (when I reboot the computer and log in), and it really does not produce any extra value to the user."
After getting that WONTFIX I started wondering whether the Gnome HIG has got something to say about this. It does not seem like that. At least I could not find anything with my quick search that takes a clear position on the principle. This behaviour does not seem very good usability in my humble opinion. Announcing a normal most usually expected event, in a way that craves for user focus, does not seem very good to me. The other way around, announcing unexpected problems, would make more sense. After all, we do not get told by every application on our desktops what they did, when, and how (ie. showing detailed trace logs of every action) the actions that we expect from them. I have only one focus, and I value it. Distractions can be quite bad (see what happened to for instance aircraft cockpits, they are dark by default except couple mandatory constant status things) and umm.. I am wondering, whether 1. The Gnome HIG actually does mention about this sort of thing 2. If it does not, shouldn't it 3. Could some gentleman take this to the upstream bugzilla/whatever, as I seem to have quite bad karma already :-( _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
