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

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

Il giorno mar, 16/10/2007 alle 16.25 +0200, Michael Biebl ha scritto:
> 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?

Why should we pause tracker when in idle (non indexing) mode?

> 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).

See my reply to jamie (about perpetual icons).