Any objections on this? It's about time to voice them. If not, this should be added to the relevant HIG article, http://elementaryos.org/docs/human-interface-guidelines/user-workflow/background-tasks
2013/3/22 Nishant George Agrwal <nishantagrwal12...@gmail.com> > Okay, so the thread about Noise not complying to the HIG turned into quite > a general discussion about the HIG and background application behaviour so > I am creating this new thread with a better title to continue it. Here's a > link to the old thread: > https://lists.launchpad.net/elementary-dev-community/msg02046.html > > Summing up, we need to think about proper ways to create and deal with > background applications, i.e, applications that don't require interaction > with the user for most or a big part of the time they are running, like > mail clients, IM clients, music players, microblogging apps, etc. > Typically, these apps don't fit well into any one task the user is > performing, so it often doesn't make sense for these applications to be > bound to a particular workspace either. > > To this end, applications are to intelligently handle closing the window > to do whatever best suits the situation. The following could be guidelines > to what the app must do (this deals with the user-facing elements, not the > implementation) > > "If you'd check a specific application frequently but not in reaction to > notifications it raises (e.g. group chat, even if you weren't pinged > directly) or if it has to be accessible as quickly as possible while it's > running (e.g. music player, to pause music), the app should display an icon > in the dock while it's running. > If the app is primarily brought up in reaction to a notification and if > the state of the app doesn't significantly affect its usage frequency (e.g. > microblogging client - if the user tweets often they'd pin it to dock > anyway), it should display an icon in the dock only when there are > unattended action items (e.g. new messages) along with the action item > count in the dock badge." > > As far as implementation goes, this branch was recently merged into plank, > which enables preliminary support for batches and progress bars without the > need for an open window. > https://code.launchpad.net/~ricotz/plank/launcherentry-items > For hiding the window while keeping the dock icon visible, one solution > would be to make better use of minimize. The following blueprint would need > to be implemented: > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/gala/+spec/minimized-as-closed > > That's all folks. > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff OS architect @ elementary
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