On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:54:08 +0000, Tim Waugh <twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Perhaps this is an area that eggcups could expand into -- or should it > be in the tool for setting up print queues instead? how about both :-> eggcups by its very nature.. if its working correctly.. isn't always exposed to the user's interface, it hides itself if there is nothing to report. If someone wants to check ink level and eggcups is the only place where you can get to that ui for the ink level how to you force eggcups icon to appear so you can interact with it? I guess the question becomes of notification versus user request... do you want the system to notify the user of low ink level via some sort of notification? eggcups could do that or we can wait for notification bubbles do you want the user to be able to request information about the ink level at any time? eggcups is not suited for this.. because eggcups will hide itself if there is no activity, and there is no way to force the eggcups icon to unhide so you can interact with it. Some other tool will have to build support for inklevel in. Not to suggest we resurrect printman interface, but something like printman that sits in the menus and lets user interact with a list of printers and their properties at any time would make more sense. the compromise would be to allow setting an alert level when a printer is configured, and let eggcups/or a notification bubble alert you when the ink is below that pre-determined amount and not worry about letting users see the inklevel at any given moment. Maybe even allow 2 set points... a "getting low" reminder useful if someone needs to place an order for more ink and a "critically low" warning useful to tell a user to change out the cartriage asap. -jef
