Follow-up Comment #7, bug #19082 (project mypaint):
If we go the route of flickery flashy info displays, we'll have to be careful
that they aren't too distracting. Fade in/fade out?
Some systems call them "toast" popups.
I'd want corner displays or similar things to basically take the role of a
statusbar when the program is fullscreened. Show or hide both the info pops
and the status bar using the same menu toggler, of course. Rationale: if we're
going to be more modal about user interaction, then we probably need
statusbar-like explanations of what to do next ("click and drag to adjust the
document frame", "draw straight lines: +alt for radial, +ctrl for angle lock",
that sort of thing. Blank for the main "just draw" mode to avoid silly clutter
☺). Speculating wildly, a wrapper around GtkStatusbar + some fancy infobox
overlay that allows general status messages and timed messages to be pushed
ought to suffice.
Do we have enough of a need for this little API yet? I think just a zoom
level, mirror and rotation states, "Loading..." and "Saving..." might not be
enough call for it.
There's also GtkInfoBar for very important messages that don't need a dialog,
but I don't think we have any messages that need that treatment yet.
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