I absolutely want to look into actions in notifications for Luna +1. I think we 
really have the opportunity to do some great work around notifications, 
confirmations, etc and providing quick actions could definitely be one of them 
:)

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré

El jul 2, 2012, a las 8:44 p.m., Cassidy James <[email protected]> escribió:

> Thanks for the reply, Victor. A couple on inline relies:
> 
> On Jul 2, 2012 10:08 PM, "Victor Eduardo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hey, that looks good. In regard to your questions:
> >
> >
> > > Does it sound like a good idea?
> >
> > It's working nicely in GNOME Shell, and personally I find actions in 
> > notifications really useful. In my opinion they make a lot of sense in some 
> > cases, like when you get notified of a message from a friend. A 
> > go-to-conversation button would probably make a lot of sense there.
> >
> 
> I didn't know that. This might make it easier since there's less we'd have to 
> do and other apps potentially already support it.
> 
> > > How would we go about implementing it?
> > The API is already there. libnotify provides support for adding actions, so 
> > it's easy to add support for action buttons to our apps. Currently, these 
> > are only shown when using GNOME Shell AFAIK, since notify-osd has no 
> > support for them.
> >
> 
> Oh, sweet! I'm definitely interested in looking into it. I am not familiar 
> with the API, but I do think it's important that we restrict it as far as 
> only showing three actions or something. Is anyone familiar enough with the 
> API to chime in here?
> 
> >
> > > What would it look like?
> > It depends on how you implement it on the server side (notify-osd, 
> > pantheon-notify, etc.). Mockup time!
> >
> 
> Dan, go! ;) Or other designers since Dan has a lot on his plate.
> 
> I do like the idea of only showing the actions when expanding the 
> notification. It keeps it clean and out of the way unless the user explicitly 
> wants to interact with it.
> 
> >
> > > What problems could it create?
> > Apart from increasing the workload for pantheon-notify's dev(s), I don't 
> > see any other problem.
> >
> >
> > > What problems could it solve?
> > Interesting question. Let's see what others say :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Victor
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Cassidy James <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Devs,
> >>
> >> I was catching up on some Android developer things from I/O last week and 
> >> came across something nifty regarding notifications. In Android 4.1, 
> >> Google has added a "big content view" to the notifications, actually 
> >> pretty similar to our idea with the expanded Pantheon Notification. 
> >> However, they've expanded on that: Actions.
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yc8YrVc47TI#t=1917s
> >>  (Link should point to 31:57)
> >>
> >> With actions, users can quickly and easily perform a relevant action 
> >> without even going to the app. For example, you could have a "Like" button 
> >> on a Facebook notification, "Reply" and "Archive" buttons on an email 
> >> notification, etc. Basically the developer can make it faster for users to 
> >> perform a few actions. Of course they're pretty strictly-controlled by the 
> >> platform so that developers don't get carried away; in Android, you can 
> >> add up to three actions.
> >>
> >> I think it would be an interesting route to look into. With Pantheon 
> >> Notifications we already have an "expanded view" on hover, and it might be 
> >> nice to let developers add a few actions to the notifications. What I want 
> >> to know from all of you is:
> >> Does it sound like a good idea?
> >> How would we go about implementing it?
> >> What would it look like?
> >> What problems could it create?
> >> What problems could it solve?
> >> Of course this is just me throwing an idea out there; I'm not saying it's 
> >> an idea we have to run with or even that it's a good idea. I simply have 
> >> been enjoying this feature on my phone this past week and wanted to see if 
> >> we could brainstorm something similar for on the desktop.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Cassidy James
> >>
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