Hi, On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:53 AM, David Prieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Some time ago I filed a bug against the gnome panel, asking for the > notification area to have a button to hide unused icons and avoid > getting it overcrowded, just like windows. The answer was that the NA is > intended for NOTIFICATIONS, and if it's crowded it's because apps don't > use it properly. The HIG specifically say: > > >> The utility of the notification area decreases rapidly when more than >> four icons are displayed at the same time. Icons that appear only >> temporarily, in response to specific events, are therefore preferable. > > Still, there are lots of "background" apps that sit on the NA. > Rhythmbox, Pidgin, Transmission are the first to come to mind. The way > they do it is a mess, too. Some of them close when you press the X > button, some are minimised to the NA. Some use the close animation, some > use minimise. Some bring the app to the front when you click the NA > icon, some hide it. Some have a checkbox (not) to use the NA, which is > nice since they are not supposed to be using it in the first place... > some don't. > > As far as I know, the HIG's standards are pretty lax about these cases. > Shouldn't some guidelines be decided to decide what the better way for > these apps to behave should be? That way the inconsistency we're having > now would be greatly reduced.
Well, Windows has a pretty nice guide for this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511448.aspx Jon _______________________________________________ gnome-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devel-list
