Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > On mar, 2009-06-30 at 12:45 -0500, Evan R. Murphy wrote: >> >> XChat flashes the notification area, though it can be disabled. Should >> this be addressed as well, or is it a nonissue because XChat isn't a >> candidate for default install? > > Of course I am not the one who can answer this, but contextually, are > there written guidelines including the "no flashing allowed" thing? If > so, that can be added to an eventual bug report to xchat.
Yes, there are. Quoting from the GNOME HIG:
"""
* Icons should not usually appear animated. They may change to indicate a
change of state, but should not do so when that change is occurs regularly
rapidly. A battery status indicator would usually change slowly, therefore an
icon is appropriate. By contrast, a load meter would always be changing,
therefore it should use a flat image.
* Any icon may blink to indicate an error in deference to showing an alert.
For example, a printing-in-progress icon may blink when there is a paper jam,
but not when the printer is on fire - that should show an alert.
* Do not rely on blinking or animation as a means of alerting the user to
any particular event.
"""
http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/desktop-notification-area.html.en
Cheers,
Emilio
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