+1 I like this, but I agree with Stefanos, keep it simple, make it turn blue like the other indicators. Maybe extend this idea to the battery icon (Battery low)?
On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 10:27 +0300, Stefanos A. wrote: > 2011/9/12 Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> > I've started using Thunderbird with Lightning for my > appointments and > tasks lately. It seems quite nice so far. I would probably > like it even > better if they could have their own windows, but that's > another issue. > (I really do like it the way it is :)) > > What dawned on me, is that it would be nice if the text color > of the > clock would change to _indicate_ that something is afoot. I'm > thinking > something like this: when a task has passed its start time, > then the > foreground color (text color) of the panel clock turns green, > indicating > that something is going on. When you reach time to remind you > of the > task, then it turns yellow. When it's expired, it turns red. > That way, > the reminders could be transient notifications, possibly > coupled with a > sound, and even if you were away from the computer when it > happened, you > would be notified by the clock itself. > > This would be consistent with how all the other indicators > work. > > Thoughts? > > > Good idea, but please keep in mind that 7-10% of the population suffer > from red-green color blindness, so green/yellow/red are not a good > choice. > > > My suggestion would be to keep it simple: turn the text *blue* > whenever a task reminder fires off. You can click the icon to see what > exactly is going on. This is identical to how the message menu works, > where the icon turns blue regardless of the message source (email, > messenger, twitter, etc). > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp