Re: [Ayatana] notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors

2009-06-04 Thread Rick Spencer
Using full screen for "the user doesn't want notifications" seems a bit blunt to me, though perhaps would work fine in practice. Moving notifications to a different screen seems like a lot of unpredictability to me. Here are some more ideas ... I'm sure you've considered them, but thought I'd offe

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 410220] Re: Indicator applet Always shows icon

2009-08-25 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:06 -0500, David Siegel wrote: > For a concrete example, consider Evolution. To remove the Evolution > launcher from the messaging menu, you'd have to launch Evolution and > set up your email account before you can access Evolution's > preferences and disable the laun

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 410220] Re: Indicator applet Always shows icon

2009-08-25 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 15:31 +0100, C. Cooke wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:14:45AM -0700, Rick Spencer wrote: > > Assuming that users prefer to act directly on objects, would it not be > > more direct to allow them to right click on the menu item to remove it? > > Thi

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 410220] Re: Indicator applet Always shows icon

2009-08-25 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:20 -0500, David Siegel wrote: > On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:14AM , Rick Spencer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 09:06 -0500, David Siegel wrote: > > > >> For a concrete example, consider Evolution. To remove the Evolution > >> launcher fr

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 410220] Re: Indicator applet Always shows icon

2009-08-25 Thread Rick Spencer
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 10:38 -0500, David Siegel wrote: > > True, but personally, I'd rather make the system work the way users > > want > > and expect it to, even if it requires deviating from the HIG. > > > > Cheers, Rick > > "If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faste

Re: [Ayatana] [Bug 410220] Re: Indicator applet Always shows icon

2009-08-25 Thread Rick Spencer
This did not come off in the good natured way that I intended. (stupid email and it's lack of body language and voice). I seriously meant to convey that I defer to the design team's judgment on this topic. Cheers, Rick On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 08:44 -0700, Rick Spencer wrote: > On Tu