Re: Notification Area guidelines

[Robert McMeekin <viper mcmeekin info>]

<a-lot-of-emphasis>
Havoc Pennington wrote:
> I like that we could actually explain how the notification area is
> different from applets if it's basically an event notification
> service.
>
> This whole conversation seems slightly broken to me - we have this
> wacky implementation detail, which is an applet that can contain
> arbitrary icons, and we're trying to figure out some way to use it
> that doesn't suck. But we aren't even sure what the problem is to be
> solved or why we have the thing in the first place. ;-)
>
> The less-annoying-than-dialogs event notification idea does seem like
> a nail we could hit with our hammer-we-aren't-sure-what-to-do-with.
>
> Though, I think the hammer is a bit malformed for an event
> notification service, i.e. the spec could be beefed up and enhanced to
> support the right kinds of properties and events on the notification
> icons.
</a-lot-of-emphasis>

This is the most accurate description I've read thus far and the most in 
tune with what I've been able to make of the actual system tray draft.

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Robert McMeekin (rrm3) <viper mcmeekin info>