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

[Anish Mangal]

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

> We really really really ... need a general notification system. :D

> Please no popup error dialogue windows if you can avoid it ;) The alert strip that displays under the toolbar is a much more friendly notification for the Sugar UI design.

Thanks for the insightful responses. I have used a slightly modded
version of NotifyAlert (aptly called NotifyRedAlert). A sample
screen-capture can be found here...

http://people.sugarlabs.org/~anish/sl1842-journal.gif
Note: The link above is a big animated gif (~1.8M) and some browsers
may struggle to display it.

If this seems fine, I'll mail the patch for reviewing.

Cheers,
Anish

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Gary Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2010, at 19:13, 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.
>
> Please no popup error dialogue windows if you can avoid it ;) The alert strip that displays under the toolbar is a much more friendly notification for the Sugar UI design.
>
> Regards,
> --Gary
>
>> [1] http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1842,
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Anish
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