Re: [Tracker] tracker-applet is totally odd for GNOME HIG

["Michael Biebl" <mbiebl gmail com>]

2007/10/16, Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>:
> Il giorno mar, 16/10/2007 alle 15.38 +0200, Luca Ferretti ha scritto:
> > OK, the subject it terrific, but it's sadly true.
> >
> > So I think we should really remove from tracker-applet all stuff not
> > related with the indexing status notification. Also the notification
> > icon should be displayed (maybe animated) only when tracker is indexing
> > and will need more then XX seconds (5? 10?) to complete the task.
>
> Forgot: of course we have to show the icon when trackerd is paused too,
> allowing to resume it. Maybe a transient appearance could be good, but
> I'm not sure GtkStatusIcon allow it.

If we don't show the applet all the time, how should a user be able to
pause tracker?

I also don't like the idea into converting it into a real panel
applet, because that makes it GNOME only (whereas atm it runs just
fine in XFCEs and KDEs systray).

Cheers,
Michael


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