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

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 17:46, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

I added support for it to XOIrc but I'm not sure if I managed to have
that patch accepted back then.

Regards,

Tomeu

> 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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