I meant make a votebin then share it across Facebook and Twitter.. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Daniel Foré <[email protected]>wrote:
> Well unfortunately we don't have 3,000+ people watching votebin and > automatically sharing the poll when they vote. > > Best Regards, > Daniel Foré > > El ago 29, 2012, a las 3:48 p.m., Cody Garver <[email protected]> > escribió: > > I only use it because I'm bad at Empathy. Please use a more neutral poll > system like VoteBin <http://votebin.appspot.com/> in the future. > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Daniel Foré <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think my biggest point against the messaging menu is that I feel it >> doesn't really give me useful information if I want to ignore a >> notification. >> >> For example, maybe I don't care what's in my email right now. That little >> envelope is going to stay lit up and maybe I'll miss something from Empathy >> because I'm just ignoring the blue envelope. >> >> But with the badges in the dock, now I have everything separated out to >> where I can see exactly which apps wanted my attention and I can ignore the >> ones I'm not terribly concerned about at the time. >> >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Pim Vullers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I guess dropping it for beta is a good idea. If there is a small set of >>> users only that require it, they can still install it when it is not >>> present on a fresh install. >>> >>> >>> Sam Tate <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well since Plank no longer has "app open" indicators, we are trying to >>> remove the distinction between open and closed apps (like on mobile >>> platforms) because it simply isn't relevant any more. This means that users >>> will have a combination of "open" and "closed" apps stored in their dock, >>> and the ones they are getting messages from (Empathy, Geary) will also be >>> in the messaging menu. >>> It's just redundant to have two visual reminders (Red Badge in Plank and >>> Blue Icon in Wingpanel) so it should just be removed. I think eventually >>> the plan is to have a system wide notification area like Android, iOS or >>> OSX, and this is just one step towards that. >>> >>> I'm all for removing it - at least for beta1 to see if anyone actually >>> misses it. >>> >>> On 29 August 2012 21:10, Conscious User <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> As an early supporter and still frequent user of the Messaging Menu, >>>> I want to reply to some of the points raised here. It is particular to >>>> take >>>> the following into consideration: >>>> >>>> 1) Whether you intend to support the concept of hiding windows. >>>> >>>> Shnatsel said it's a poor copy of the dock, but I personally >>>> differentiate >>>> between "foreground" applications that are part of my current workflow >>>> (be it programming, fooling around or preparing lectures) with >>>> "background" applications that run indepedently of which workflow I'm >>>> currently on. >>>> >>>> I like to include the former on the dock, but not the latter. Background >>>> apps in the dock clutter it, making task switching harder and slower. >>>> Also, badges in the middle of large colored icons are much less >>>> efficient >>>> in attracting my attention. Specially because dock icons are moving >>>> targets. >>>> >>>> All apps in my Messaging Menu use hide-on-close. I personally think the >>>> MM >>>> works very well with those. Unfortunately not all of them (ex: >>>> Thunderbird) >>>> do that by default and I need to either hack them or use extensions to >>>> allow them to do that. Which brings to my next point: >>>> >>>> 2) The difference between a concept inherent to the Messaging Menu >>>> and a specific application doing it wrong. >>>> >>>> I think the reputation of the MM was somewhat tarnished by applications >>>> that didn't use it properly (including Canonical-supported ones). >>>> Granted, >>>> libindicate is somewhat to blame for allowing those to happen in the >>>> first place, but sometimes it's worthy imagining what an application >>>> could >>>> do with the MM, instead of what it currently does. >>>> >>>> Satchitb mentioned that emails are less urgent than IMs. This is >>>> probably >>>> true in the general case, but when you use the TB integration for a long >>>> time, you notice that it's not as dumb as it seems at a first glance: >>>> it does >>>> not lit the envelop if the email was sent to a mailing list of you were >>>> just >>>> CCed. And does not change the MM at all if the message did not arrive >>>> in the main inbox. So this property plus a good combination of filters >>>> restrict the MM to alerting me when I received a direct, personal email. >>>> And I can't be the only one who once had a boss who used emails for >>>> instant communication simply because he never bothered to learn >>>> something else, for example. >>>> >>>> Also worth mentioning is that several app developers do not bother to >>>> implement little details that make MM integration much more usable, >>>> such as unliting the envelope when the proper window/tab is focused >>>> like Empathy does. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -c >>>> >>>> >>>> Em 29-08-2012 13:41, Daniel Foré escreveu: >>>> >>>> Hey guys, >>>>> >>>>> Just a quick question: does anyone use the messaging menu? If so, what >>>>> for? >>>>> >>>>> If not, should we consider not shipping it? >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Daniel Foré >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~**elementary-dev-community<https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community> >>>> Post to : >>>> elementary-dev-community@**lists.launchpad.net<[email protected]> >>>> Unsubscribe : >>>> https://launchpad.net/~**elementary-dev-community<https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community> >>>> More help : >>>> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> Daniel Foré >> >> elementaryos.org >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Cody Garver > > -- Cody Garver
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