On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 19:15 +0100, Brian 'morlenxus' Miculcy wrote: > Hi all, > > there was a small discussion on the irc about the module popup policy. > Currently each module has his own policy: > - mixer opens the popup on click > - net module opens on mouse over, if you click the popup stays open > - weather opens on mouse over, no click event > > So i think there should be a standard for the module popup. > Here is my idea: > > Mouse over: > The mouse over popup is enabled by default. You can disable it using an > option in the module configuration dialog. > > Click: > The click locks the popup. This means, if you leave the module icon > area, the popup isn't closed. If you want to unlock the popup, you need > to click once again. A nice feedback to the user would be a little lock > icon. > If the mouse over popup is disabled, a click would open the popup and > locks it. To close the popup simply click. > > The mouse over gives you a quick view at the popup without much user > interaction. The locking mode allows you to have a popup with useful > informations open, while running some other processes. Example: > A memory module shows in the popup a list with the top memory eating > applications (i guess firefox would be at the first position). The list > is updated every second. If you now lock the popup you would be able to > kill the applications with some xterm commands - while still having the > list open and show you informations. Without the locking mode you would > need to hover the module icon again and again after running a command, > just to see if there has been something changed. I guess the user would > open another xterm and run `top` there, so the module popup > information would be a nice eyecatcher, but doesn't really help. > Another example would be a calendar module which shows a month view in > the popup. Sometimes you just want to know a day in the next week, > sometimes you want to write some email while having the month view on > screen. > > Imho it's useful. :) Comments? I _love_ it :)) -- Build a person a fire, and they may be warm for a day. Set that person on fire, and they will be warm for the rest of their life. GnuPG Public Key ID 1024D/203C7431. Public Key Available From http://keyserv.nic-se.se:11371/#extract
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