gnome-shell lets you click on some notifications, even reply IM. The behavior is per app and is nice.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:43:36 -0400 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] shortcut - open/focus last program that send a > notification > > Den 31. okt. 2011 19:25, skrev James Jenner: > > > > I only say this because often I will see a notification from an > > application that is on a different workspace and the effort to open > > said application would be simplified if I could just click the > > notification (which currently just makes the notification go fuzzy, > > not sure on the logic for this). Again, maybe it's just the > > notifications I'm dealing with and maybe other notifications support this. > > The logic is that it should be possible to notify a user without > requiring any action from that user that will be annoying and cause loss > of focus. It would be inconsistent if some notifications would require > an action and other not. Also, suddenly displaying a clickable > notification above your application can have some very unexpected > consequences. For instance, say I have Thunderbird maximized and I want > to search my emails. I click the search field to give it focus, but at > the moment I click, there is a notification. Because I clicked so > quickly, I could not see what the notification was about. With your > suggestion, it would also open another application and give it focus. > > Notifications are transient. They do not usually require an action, > though I think it's possible for applications to present actionable > notifications though they are discouraged. Indicators, on the other > hand, is well suited for things that require an action. You also have > status information on launcher entries, with quicklists that can make it > easy to react to them. > > In addition to notifications, indicators and launcher entry status, you > also have application urgency, which makes the entry shake and the > "window open" arrow turn blue. Because this is urgent, I think it would > make sense to have a keyboard shortcut to focus it. The question is what > keyboard shortcut to use. Ctrl+BAT might be useful. (BAT == Button Above > Tab -- and Tab backwards :)) > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp