Forwarding this bug to ayatana ML, Since this issue of notifications and fullscreen apps had been discussed extensively .
The UX team seems to have decided - to suppress the bubbles while apps are running in fullscreen mode with *no* DND mode. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> Reply-to: Bug 428509 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bug 428509] Re: Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:22:41 -0000 mac_v wrote: > Hi Mark , > The issues with screen flicker when running apps in fullscreen has been > solved in compiz. > So , Why do any of the bubbles have to be suppressed? > Why is an IM not important? > > The other day , i was watching a movie and the sound of an IM ping got > drowned in the movie's noise , and didnt notice the IM until the movie > was over! And by then the person who had sent the IM was offline. > > Why cant the status be obtained from the indicator session... So, when > user sets themselves as busy and is in fullscreen mode , then suppress > the IM bubbles... > > For me, if a person sends me an IM , IM *is* more important than the > movie and i do want to be notified immediately. > The issue is presentations - it's potentially embarrassing to have non-system messages up on a big screen. -- Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428509 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “notify-osd” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd Just noticed that the recent notify-osd behavior ,in Karmic, suppresses all the async notifications during full screen apps! This is a bit frustrating , because now - I'm not notified about loss of network connectivity! - when IM messages are received the lack of notifications forces me to escape from full-screen mode and check with the IM client as to who sent the IM . Previously it was easier to know who had sent it and i could choose if i wanted to reply immediately or not. - I'm not notified about new mail arrivals. I believe there was a lengthy discussion in the Ayatana Mailing list and the decision was to : - Use a DND mode in the FUSA/indicator-session - Not show notifications only when the user has selected the DND mode. If the DND is not possible to implement in this cycle , Kindly dont suppress the notifications. I didnt notice this behavior earlier , i just imagined I missed the notifications when using fullscreen apps. I think it started occurring from update notify-osd (0.9.19-0ubuntu1) to 0.9.20-0ubuntu1 . Ever since the slots have been assigned i have never seen the async bubbles when running any app in full screen mode. [firefox , totem, vlc , OOo.org , EOG] -- Cheers, mac_v _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
