[Usability] Notifying about expected things

["raw sausage" <rawsausage gmail com>]

Hello,

I recently reported
(https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=406433), my point being:
"Why does gnome-network-manager spam me each time it connects to wlan
with a libnotify-popup? It's silly especially because I have to see it
couple times a day (when I reboot the computer and log in), and it
really does not produce any extra value to the user."

After getting that WONTFIX I started wondering whether the Gnome HIG
has got something to say about this. It does not seem like that. At
least I could not find anything with my quick search that takes a
clear position on the principle.

This behaviour does not seem very good usability in my humble opinion.
Announcing a normal most usually expected event, in a way that craves
for user focus, does not seem very good to me. The other way around,
announcing unexpected problems, would make more sense. After all, we
do not get told by every application on our desktops what they did,
when, and how (ie. showing detailed trace logs of every action) the
actions that we expect from them.

I have only one focus, and I value it. Distractions can be quite bad
(see what happened to for instance aircraft cockpits for the same reason btw)
 and umm.. I amwondering, whether
1. The Gnome HIG actually does mention about this sort of thing
2. If it does not, shouldn't it