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

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 20:56, Martin Abente <mabente at paraguayeduca.org> wrote:
> We really really really ... need a general notification system. :D

You may not believe it, but the shell has an implementation of
http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/ .

We need more activities to use it and also improve the implementation.

Regards,

Tomeu

> On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 14:39 -0400, Frederick Grose wrote:
>> 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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