Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Dec 2008 20:18 UTC
As part of its initiative to improve the usability of the Linux desktop, Canonical has made a proposal for a desktop notification system for both GNOME and KDE. Mark Shuttleworth announced the proposal on his blog earlier this week. The mockup video shows notification more or less like the 3d party Growl system for Mac OS X. Since we are talking Linux here, the meat is in the implementation details and cross-desktop compatibility.
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Member since:2005-07-24
Well, blinking would be OK, I guess. I was thinking more in terms of the nonblinking, but still noticeable panel icon that appears when a reboot is required after a kernel upgrade.
Persoanlly,I'd be inclined to reserve blinking icons for when the computer is about to explode and I'm supposed to run for cover. Then again, my family used to get frustrated with me for completely ignoring local tornado warnings...
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2008-08-19
Seems to me that if you really need to know about it, an unobtrusive panel icon is the last thing you need.
Personally, I favour both for urgent issues - when something goes wrong, show a notification to get my attention when I'm sitting in front of the screen, and leave a blinking icon in the system tray where I'll spot it when I get back to my desk. Because if it's something I really need to know about, I really do want to know about it.