Hello, usability team. I believe better integration with traditional Unix Tools is a good path for GNOME in general. A simple way of achieving this would be, I guess, to allow Unix tools that interact through terminals like write, talk and shutdown to interface directly with GNOME.
So what about "hiding" a virtual terminal inside GNOME session to listen to users and system requests that are sent directly to terminals? Some mock-ups to make my point, then. The result of a write(1) message sent to another user: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11587...@n02/3102018652/ A shutdown(8) request: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11587...@n02/3102018648/ That means that when GNOME Session's virtual terminal receives a message, it displays something, say, a virtual terminal icon in the notification area with the message. Has anything like that ever been considered for GNOME? I couldn't find anything like this in the mailing list. Comments are welcomed. Pedro _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
