Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

[Jürgen Mangler <juergen mangler univie ac at>]

> Hi!
>
> > > > * To hide a window in which a background task is ongoing. Minimizing the
> > > > window allows the user to monitor the progress in the window list button
> > > > (assuming progress is shown in the title bar, which ought to be the case),
> > > > and to be alerted when the task has either finished or encountered a
> > > > problem (when the window list button flashes), without being distracted by
> > > > the window itself.
> > >
> > > Which is clearly what notification are for and not the window title. I
> > > think this case is solved in a much nicer way in the shell than it was
> > > before. Might be that some applications need updates though.
> >
> > How would an application show the continuous progress of a background task using notifications, or the messaging tray in general? I don't see anything in the shell design docs that suggest that would be a good way to do it. (I guess you could show a progress bar or something when you roll over a notification icon, but that's not very helpful.)
>
> Well, IMHO I want to be alerted mostly when it finishes or when it has a
> problem and that's what notification are for. If I want to know the
> exact progress, that's an active action where I can look into the window
> or check the message tray.

I agree. As for progress: a message tray icon that subsumes longrunning 
'progress' (file) operations (copy, move, delete, download; maybe 
update, install, for packages/applications; ...) with ability to cancel, 
pause, restart? Wasn't this planned anyway?