[release-notes/gnome-3-6] notifications - improve wording
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-6] notifications - improve wording
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:26:31 +0000 (UTC)
commit b7cf46ce609c750953cef15b0e1b22a55e31c9ac
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Mon Sep 17 12:17:35 2012 +0100
notifications - improve wording
help/C/users-notifications.page | 52 +++++++-------------------------------
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/users-notifications.page b/help/C/users-notifications.page
index 524f148..b8d038c 100644
--- a/help/C/users-notifications.page
+++ b/help/C/users-notifications.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#users.core"/>
- <desc>Notifications which are non-intrusive, while still noticeable</desc>
+ <desc>Smarter, more noticable, easier to dismiss.</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Allan Day</name>
<email its:translate="no">allanpday gmail com</email>
@@ -22,50 +22,16 @@
<title>Notifications</title>
- <comment>
- <p>
- Copy/pasted from http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/taking-gnome-3-to-the-next-level/
- </p>
- <p>
- Need to split out message stray from notifications.
- </p>
- <p>
- and the online status
- of contacts is now indicated with an icon. Altogether, these should make the tray and notifications more effective
- and easier to use.
- </p>
- </comment>
-
- <p>
- In conception, the GNOME 3 notifications system hits all the right points:
- give a non-intrusive indication when there is a new notification, let someone
- inspect it further and respond in place, and provide a place where
- notifications can be reviewed and interacted with.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- There were, however, issues with the execution of the GNOME 3 notifications
- model. We observed all of these issues during testing, and it was something
- that we received a lot of feedback on. Well, we listened, and we came up with
- something better.
- </p>
-
<!-- TODO:XXX - screenshot -->
<p>
- There are quite a few changes to notifications included in 3.6. Read on for
- the highlights.
+ GNOME's notification popups have had quite a few refinements for 3.6
</p>
<section id="less-intrusive" style="2column">
- <title>Less Intrusive</title>
+ <title>Smarter</title>
<p>
- Until GNOME 3.6, notifications were either all or nothing. Either you see
- all of them, or you could turn them off completely in the <gui>User
- Menu</gui>.
- </p>
- <p>
- As of GNOME 3.6, we try to be smarter about this. If you're running a
+ Notifications have got smarter for GNOME 3.6. If you're running a
full screen application or game, we only show you your important
notifications. All other notifications are delayed until you stop using
your full screen application.
@@ -75,8 +41,8 @@
<section id="more-noticeable" style="2column">
<title>More Noticeable</title>
<p>
- We've tweaked the behavior of the notification popups to make sure that
- you've seen the notification. No longer will you miss out on a
+ We've tweaked the behavior of notification popups to make sure that
+ you see all your notifications. No longer will you miss out on a
notification as we only hide a notification after we know you've
interacted with the system.
</p>
@@ -84,8 +50,10 @@
<section id="easier-to-dismiss" style="2column">
<title>Easier To Dismiss</title>
- <p>Close buttons have been added.</p>
+ <p>
+ Notification bubbles now feature close buttons. This makes it much clearer
+ how to dismiss a notification.
+ </p>
</section>
-
</page>
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