Are you planing implement all from zero, or using the standard notification system? If I run this code in Gnome, have a notification, but in Sugar appear a icon but without text. import dbus BUS_NAME = 'org.freedesktop.Notifications' OBJ_PATH = '/org/freedesktop/Notifications' IFACE_NAME = 'org.freedesktop.Notifications' bus = dbus.SessionBus() notify_obj = bus.get_object(BUS_NAME,OBJ_PATH) notifications = dbus.Interface(notify_obj,IFACE_NAME) notifications.Notify("HelloWorld",0,'',"Summary","Body",[],{},-1) Gonzalo <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Martin Abente <<a href="mailto:martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com">martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Martin Abente <<a href="mailto:martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com" target="_blank">martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hey Eben :) > > I am currently working on a messages notification extensions for dextrose > (guess it will be hard to make it land on sugar main stream) but I was > wondering if you could give me a hand with the UI design (mock-ups)? > > What we basically aim for is a simple message bubble (gnome-like) to display > messages like: > > * Your battery is running out. > * Could not connect to GSM network. > * Journal is almost full. > * Datastore crashed unexpectedly. > * Automatic backup is running. > * Etc... > </div>Have you considered modeling your messages on the message system used in Browse for downloads? </blockquote></div><div> I don't much about it, but I will take a look :). What i am currently thinking is just to extend the current frame notification system (the one being used for activities collaboration, clipboard, etc) to also support text message displaying. </div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> -walter <div> > As you see, there are basically 2 types of messages (more or less) > Informative messages and Error messages. Also I will have to implement a > messages manager so the users can simply browse through the last events > (messages), and maybe add more extensions like action buttons, i,e: > send-bug-report button, disable APM, stop-backup(?!, just random examples). > > Would be great if you could help me with some UI design ideas :) > > Thanks, > Martin (tch) Abente > </div>> _______________________________________________ > Dextrose mailing list > <a href="mailto:Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose</a> > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> </blockquote></div></div> _______________________________________________ Dextrose mailing list <a href="mailto:Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org">Dextrose@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/dextrose</a> </blockquote></div>