Re: new module proposal: notification-daemon+libnotify

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 6 Nov 2008, at 15:57, Matthias Clasen wrote:

> But even if he is too busy to propose the module himself, I think it
> is time for us to be honest about the fact that it is pretty much
> impossible to use the desktop without notification-daemon nowadays.
> Many components rely on the ability to notify users in this way and
> are severely reduced in functionality if the notification service is
> not available.

Anything that *relies* on this kind of notification is kind of broken  
IMHO, usability-wise (and probably accessibility-wise, too).

Notification messages are really just "status bar messages for the  
desktop".  As such, they should be there to provide useful extra  
information if you want them to, but equally you should be able to  
switch them off altogether without adversely affecting your ability to  
use any applications.

Cheeri,
Calum.

--
CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer       Sun Microsystems Ireland
mailto:calum benson sun com            GNOME Desktop Team
http://blogs.sun.com/calum             +353 1 819 9771

Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems