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 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?

Because I want to disable tracker *before* I'm going to unpack a large
tarball or do some compilation e.g.

Also, tracker-applet currently provides more functionality than just
showing the status of trackerd. Thats also the reason why it was
renamed to tracker-applet.

Michael


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