On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:00 PM, David Siegel <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > mac_v wrote: > >> Jacob Peddicord wrote: >> >>> Wouldn't the proper way to remedy this would be to close communication >>> applications during a presentation? I won't disagree that disabling >>> notifications for a time would be useful, but if you don't want Pidgin >>> triggering notifications for a presentation, then close Pidgin. >>> >>> so the user has to compromise? ! this is not a solution! >> >> the user might be online with an important work user during the meeting >> giving updates , but since he might be disturbed by personal buddy >> message he has to triage his work/friends and create separate accounts >> just because the system wont allow easy ways to close the notifications? >> >> or a simpler way might be disable all messages? as someone said not all >> the presentations are fullscreen presentations. >> >> this is a problem not necessarily disturbance during a presentation, but >> during any system usage, imagine the a *co-worker popping by* and is >> checking ur work , does he need to be notified too of ur personal mails?! >> >> *this system is just an embarrassment waiting to happen for the user* ! >> > > We definitely want two things: > > 1. Provide a reasonable default configuration that will make most people > happy most of the time. > > 2. Provide a way for the user to explicitly block and unblock most if not > all notifications to prevent embarrassment. Even if we are perfectly > prescient and block all embarrassing notifications at just the right times, > the user will still have an uneasy feeling if the blocking is not somehow > made explicit, either by requiring user interaction, or displaying some sort > of persistent "notifications are blocked" icon. What about just a keyboard shortcut and/or an option under the systray icon? It's also worth considering having a keyboard shortcut to force-hide the current notification. Natan
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