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

[Walter Bender]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> 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.

Is there a good example somewhere we can highlight for activity developers?

regards.

-walter

>
> 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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