On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 18:06, Jeremy Nickurak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 03:00, Matthew Paul Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 1. I want to leave home/work/wherever, and log out / shut down / take >> my USB key with me. Has the download/copy/whatever finished yet? >> That doesn't require "persistent awareness"; it requires the OS to >> tell me, when I try to log out / shut down / disconnect the USB key, >> "whoa, you shouldn't do that yet, I'm still working". > > > This assumption breaks down badly when the first step of the process is > "Close my laptop lid, triggering standby, and thus hiding any visual > feedback it could give". You could have some kind of a loud warning noise in > this case I suppose... > > i think matthew was especially right about how hiding it upon "idle" or displaying it as an animation in its resting state doesn't make a difference to the mind.. Perhaps i'm exaggerating a little with the implementation as an indicator, but somehow i'm confident it is not wrong to dream some more over this..
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