[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Alerting users in case of write errors (sl#1842)

[Frederick Grose]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Anish Mangal <anishmangal2002 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I was planning on fixing sl#1842 [1] but I'm not sure what should be
> the correct method of alerting users incase a write error does occur.
> Should I popup a dialog box, or use alerts like the one used in chat,
> sugar-commander? Suggestions welcome.
>
> [1] http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1842,


An alert like a chat or Activity sharing invitation would be nice, but one
with a more visible signal is needed.

I imagine an alert icon that rises out of the Frame, enlarges and glows for
a few moments, then settles back to the Frame, but then shows a glowing edge
or corona and bumps up slightly every 15 or 30 seconds in case the learner
was focused on another Activity at the time the alert was first displayed
(or just decided to postpone attention to the alert and then forgot about
the pending need for attention).

Of course, the icon should be clickable and reveal a useful palette of
actions at any point in its lifetime.

New alerts with behavior like the above would be welcome for invitations as
well as errors.

Thanks!           --Fred
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