Re: [Usability] Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox tray icon - again

[Rodney Dawes <dobey free fr>]

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 12:17, Vidar Braut Haarr wrote:
> >>Or if it was implemented in GNOME, we could have a little window with a 
> >>list of notifications, or something similar.
> > Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but is that not exactly what the
> > notification area we're discussing is for?
> 
> I don't know. Isn't the 'notification area' in GNOME similar to the 
> System tray in Windows ?

Yes. And no. It is, because it's a tray, that icons go into, and
currently everyone is abusing that by writing things that just stay
in the tray persistently. However, that should not be the general
behaviour of an icon that gets shoved in the tray.

> What I'm talking about here is designing an API that applications can 
> plug into in order to send notifications (be it info, error, critical, 
> warning, etc..) to the user. Not just a place to /put/ notifications, 
> which I think (in other words: I don't know) the notification area is.

The Notification Area has an API for notifying users. There is also the
GtkDialog widget. There are MANY ways to notify users. We don't need yet
another half-implemented way to do it. You should read the System Tray
specification. Because the implementation is incomplete, doesn't mean
there isn't statements to the effect that you should be able to use an
API with it for popping up balloon messages like windows. And, if you
are viewing the Notification Area as a place to only put notification
icons, you are viewing it incorrectly, most likely. Or, you probably are
just associating it with all the broken apps that use it currently. :)

> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> (Me not use GNOME on daily-basis, me be caveman :)

Considered yourself corrected.

-- dobey