Re: [Ayatana] Regarding Notify-OSD's Position in Karmic Koala

Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Johan Euphrosine wrote: Here is better mockup: http://bitbucket.org/proppy/clutter-repl/raw/4b8460e1e300/logs/session14.ogv Let's hear what others think. It feels odd to read from the bottom to the top. I played around with moving things on the screen upwards and

Re: [Ayatana] Message Indicator: Listing apps in menu even if they are not on

mac_v wrote: We could use icon and toggle transparencies to show if the app is active or not. Attaching a mockup... Wow, this is nice! I think this is getting us there, but I still feel we need a stronger indication that the application isn't running. How about we had the text, underneath eac

Re: [Ayatana] Show real name in indicator applet

On 12/02/2009 04:30 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos wrote: The indicator applet in Karmic doesn't show the real user name, but it shows the login name instead. Many teachers like me use generic login names for the students (e.g. class-A) and tell them to supply their real names e.g. with `userinfo`. This

Re: [Ayatana] Show real name in indicator applet

On 12/04/2009 11:35 AM, mac_v wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 13:40 +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Abhishek Dasgupta wrote: 2009/12/3 Eduard Grebe: On small-screen devices like netbooks the shorter username is preferable. The best thing would be to have a gconf key or a preference to switch

[Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

Hello ayataners, A comment from someone during the weekend sparked a few questions for me on how we've implemented the shutdown dialog (attached), and I wanted to get some more brains on it, as it may be something relatively simple to fix. Someone I know uses Ubuntu just about the same as the

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/09/2009 03:37 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: My original design for the alert had primary text: "Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" The countdown was supposed to be secondary text, not primary text. Any ideas why the implementation diverged? -- Mart

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/09/2009 04:09 PM, mac_v wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:37 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: My original design for the alert had primary text: "Are you sure you want to close all programs and shut down the computer?" The countdown was supposed to be secondary text, not primary text.

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/10/2009 06:14 AM, Mat Tomaszewski wrote: I suggest filing a papercut, too! You are right. https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/495127 -- Martin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpa

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/09/2009 06:50 PM, Toni Ruottu wrote: Here is a mockup of my idea. Thanks for sending that in, pictures make it easier to have these conversations :) In general, I think that buttons one on top of each other make it harder to decide. I do like the way you placed the counter next to the

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/10/2009 11:15 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: In Gnome dialog boxes and alerts, the buttons should always be the lowest thing in the window, the Cancel button should always be next to the main action button, and buttons should always use Title Case. How's this? It's the standard layout, a

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/10/2009 02:21 PM, Siegfried Gevatter wrote: 2009/12/10 Martin Albisetti: On 12/09/2009 06:50 PM, Toni Ruottu wrote: Here is a mockup of my idea. I do like the way you placed the counter next to the cancel button. What about putting the counter *inside* the cancel button. Eg.: [Cancel

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/11/2009 01:44 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: \\ That's an improvement, but I still prefer the original design. ;-) If we wanted to move Cancel to the opposite corner, we should do that for Cancel buttons in all alerts and dialogs (as the Amiga used to, for example), not just this one. Othe

Re: [Ayatana] Shutdown dialog countdown

On 12/10/2009 04:53 PM, Duncan McGreggor wrote: Martin Albisetti wrote: On 12/10/2009 11:15 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: In Gnome dialog boxes and alerts, the buttons should always be the lowest thing in the window, the Cancel button should always be next to the main action button, and

Re: [Ayatana] Hiding shortcut keys in menus

On 01/12/2010 04:53 PM, David Siegel wrote: * How would you feel if only the keyboard shortcut for the highlighted menu entry (e.g. the menu entry under the cursor) were shown? I think this would be a great compromise. +1 -- Martin ___ Mailing

Re: [Ayatana] The Gnome Shell notification system

On 01/14/2010 03:51 PM, Shane Fagan wrote: Ive been testing gnome shell for a good while now and recently they have introduced a new notification system. Do you have more information about this? Videos? Screenshots? Specs? -- Martin ___ Mailing li