in my use of the gnome desktop (2.4 now), I've always found myself wanting one thing: Notifications. When i mentioned this on gimpnet someone thought I was speaking about the notification applet ... I speak rather, of the Windows XP style popup bubbles that alert you of things. Snicker all you like, but they have something there. I admit that it's mostly an annoying thing in Windows, notifying people of silly things like desktop icons being unused, or the like. However, there could be good use for something like this. Take for instance, GAIM. This application is the most annoying one on my desktop because of the fact that it steals focus at any available opportunity. It pops up a dialog box to tell me it got disconnected. Another to tell me it's reconnecting, and it steals focus again when i get a message. Imagine though, if we have notifications. We could just flash a discreet notification in a little bubble. It doesn't steal focus, it just displays a small dialog, on top of everything else, that disappears when clicked or after a certain time period. Get a message that starts a conversation? popup a bubble. New email? Warnings? Got disconnected? They all can use this notification thing, rather than popup a window that takes time to click or alt-whatever closed. ( and with a feature that i just stole from longhorn, a history window for past notices ... would be excellent. ) Just something that bugged me for a while. Someone suggested I write a lib for it. I would, however between work/college ... well you get the picture. PS: No offence to GAIM. I just take issue with their focus issues. -- Kevin Francis I am selectively blind. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
