Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session
- From: Mike Hearn <mike plan99 net>
- To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: MOTD implementation in gnome-session
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:37:55 +0100
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:26:16 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> can't the notification daemon use scrolling when the messages are too big?
Well, it could, but you have to keep the use cases for libnotify in mind:
short, asynchronous notifications where it doesn't really matter if the
user misses them.
eg:
- "Manya has come online"
- "Battery is low"
- "You've got mail"
It's not meant for:
- Informing the user of something they just initiated (I'm looking at you
Robert ;)
- Displaying user-critical information, which I'd rate MOTD as
- Displaying arbitrary widgets. A scrollbar or some auto-scroll inside a
notification would make them too complex in my view, and besides why
bother when putting a text view or better a GtkMozEmbed inside a GTK+
window is so easy?
thanks -mike
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