Re: Usability problems with notification bar

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

It *is* an active target, except for legacy status icons, which Dan is
working on at the moment:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630842

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Brainstormtrooper
<brainstormtrooper free fr> wrote:
> or at least have the label be an active target area (like a <label> html
> tag), since that's what the mous ends up over it's mean to then move the
> target...
>
> On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 22:11 -0400, HFLW wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been testing gnome shell lately, I really like the work so far, but
>> I've noticed some problems with the notification bar.
>>
>> One of the usability problems I find was that removing multiple
>> notifications is really bothersome. Let's say I got back from taking a
>> walk, and I had 5 new ongoing notifications. To remove them from the bar,
>> I'd have to put my mouse in the corner, move my mouse over to the icon,
>> right click on it, and hit remove. But then the notification bar closes, so
>> I have to put my mouse back in the corner, and repeat the process. It would
>> be nice if the bar's active area was increased temporarily so that it
>> wouldn't close after I removed the icon, allowing me to take further
>> action.
>>
>> The other thing that I don't really like with the current notification bar
>> is the fact that the icons shift around as you mouse over them. It may save
>> space, but I think it's a bad idea to have the target area of icons move
>> around. It becomes a problem when the user overshoots the distance to the
>> icon and travels into the active area of the neighboring icon, and then has
>> to travel all the way back to the intended icon in order to preform the
>> task they wanted. If space is a concern, a fisheye-sort of thing would work
>> better, since there's less of a penalty for overshooting. Either that, or
>> the labels could be shown above the icons when moused over. Personally I
>> think the best solution would be to have them all expanded, and then hide
>> the labels until mouse-over when low on space, that way the user doesn't
>> have to mouse over the icon just to find out what it's for, despite the
>> plentiful availability of space on the bar.
>>
>> Sorry if my explanations are confusing, I'll be more than happy to
>> elaborate if necessary. Also, sorry if I'm just being ignorant, feel free
>> to correct me if I'm off about something.
>>
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