On 24 March 2010 05:37, Jan Claeys <li...@janc.be> wrote: > Op vrijdag 19-03-2010 om 08:53 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Mark > Shuttleworth: >> On 19/03/10 02:36, Jan Claeys wrote: >> >> I'm not sure a typical flasher is a good solution. I think a >> subtle >> >> animation that triggered every 15 seconds or so might be a better >> >> match for the minimalist approach they are taking. >> >> >> > 15 seconds is a long time in some cases (remember the example of an >> > incoming phone call that was mentioned before). > >> Flashing would be an *extreme* case. In fact, anything that urgent >> should be an always-on-top window. > > There is no need for a whole window blocking my work, there is a need to > attract attention so that I can respond in time to incoming IM messages. > > The current design doesn't work at all for that. Well, it works > somewhat on my netbook's 9" screen, but on my desktop with a big > high-resolution screen when I'm working in the left part of it, the > indicator in the top right is too far into my peripheral vision to see > the difference between light grey & very light grey. Any "continuous > movement" (including turning around or flashing) would probably > "trigger" my attention, so that I will look at it. > > It should not be *my* task to ask my PC if there are any new messages > waiting, my PC should work for me and tell me when there are new > messages for me (and currently it doesn't). >
A pulsating indicator icon would be cool, along with sound cues :) Abhishek _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp