[Dx-packages] [Bug 381416] Re: notify-osd should have a close button
This is really obnoxious. I thought I'd get used to it once gnome3 and unity came out, but it's only made me more frustrated as time goes on. I miss the old gconf way of doing things, where a user could change anything they disagreed with. This seems more like locking the end users into the lowest common denominator of UI/UX in an attempt to fit in with The Big Two. The whole idea seems counter to the linux philosophy. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I do want to restart a discussion. I think this needs a control panel with user customizable items like time to display, opacity, size, sound, position, and possibly the ability to dismiss simply by moving the cursor over it. However, I'd settle for just an X to dismiss. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381416 Title: notify-osd should have a close button Status in notify-osd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd As simple as that. The new notification system works fine, but it really bugs me that I'm forced to wait for those little messages to fade away by themselves. Should I suggest this somewhere else? Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 381416] Re: notify-osd should have a close button
I agree. I know this bug is already closed as Won't Fix because it's working as designed, but I think it's a faulty design. Making the notifications light-weight by giving the user no way to interact with them, even to dismiss them, isn't really light-weight at all. It's more intrusive and difficult to work with. I have no way of getting the notifications out of my way once I've seen them, so they stay there taking up I don't think it helps things at all to simply hold notifications of different priorities or lengths for different lengths of time. A notification should stay visible until a user has had a chance to see it. How long it takes the user to see it depends on else they're doing, and there's no way for either the system nor the application to know what else the user is doing -- are they currently reading something and waiting until they get to the end of a paragraph to glance at the notification, or did they look at it right away? You don't know, and you can't, so err on the side of longer notifications and give them a dismiss button. To point: when I first installed Ubuntu 14.04, one of the first pieces of advice I got was to install a patched version of NotifyOSD that would let you customize notifications (including dismissing them). When that's the advice that people are giving to new users, I think you have a design problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381416 Title: notify-osd should have a close button Status in notify-osd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd As simple as that. The new notification system works fine, but it really bugs me that I'm forced to wait for those little messages to fade away by themselves. Should I suggest this somewhere else? Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 381416] Re: notify-osd should have a close button
You guys can use the patched NotifyOSD: it's close to the default one, but with very usefull features, like click to close, time/font/color/position configurations. This article: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/patched-notifyosd-with-close-on- click.html Cites only until 13.10, but it works fine on 14.04, I use it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381416 Title: notify-osd should have a close button Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd As simple as that. The new notification system works fine, but it really bugs me that I'm forced to wait for those little messages to fade away by themselves. Should I suggest this somewhere else? Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 381416] Re: notify-osd should have a close button
I would like a way to dismiss the notification as well. When one appears, the setting is too dark to comfortably see my work beneath it. The only way to deal with it is hover the mouse over the notification until it times out. The transparency when the mouse is hovering is adequate for working. The transparency when the mouse is elsewhere is distracting once I'm done reading it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381416 Title: notify-osd should have a close button Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd As simple as that. The new notification system works fine, but it really bugs me that I'm forced to wait for those little messages to fade away by themselves. Should I suggest this somewhere else? Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Dx-packages] [Bug 381416] Re: notify-osd should have a close button
I think there should be a close button on each notification card. also it will be better if there exists some notification settings through which user can enable or disable notification card and customize the display time. unread notifications should be stored in notification center. ** Attachment added: notification center https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+attachment/4107388/+files/Pear-desktop-17.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381416 Title: notify-osd should have a close button Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd As simple as that. The new notification system works fine, but it really bugs me that I'm forced to wait for those little messages to fade away by themselves. Should I suggest this somewhere else? Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/381416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
