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

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

Il giorno mar, 16/10/2007 alle 15.12 +0100, jamie ha scritto:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 16:03 +0200, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> > 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.
>
>
> afraid I have to disagree with the HIG here
>
> network manager and other user daemons utilize the notification applet
> in the same way as tracker does

On my system only NM adds a perpetual icon in notification area. I've a
wired network (pc <-> ADSL modem though ethernet) and honestly is not so
useful to know that the modem is turned on :-/

The other daemon that I know is gnome-power-manager. Its default
behavior should follow HIG (but I don't have a laptop, so I can actually
check): the notification icon is showed only when the daemon notifies
something (low battery).

Note that Gnome Power Manager _can_ always show the notification icon
(showing the power status?), this is allowed by HIG, as I wrote in
previous email: "Non-core programs for which a perpetual icon may be
useful must default to not perpetually showing the icon. Users may
select to enable a perpetual icon for the application as a preference."

If you really think that the icon is useful, we could at least add a
section in tracker-preferences like:

   <b>Notification Icon</b>
        (*) Always show the icon and use for search
        ( ) Show the icon only while indexing
        ( ) Never show the icon

PS What about the interaction behavior (double/right click)?
PPS what about the proposed name change (tracker-status-icon)? Note that
it's not a real applet.