On 15 Mar, 22:07, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > The menu bar is meant to be a convenience to allow for folks to set things > to sticky when they walk away from their computer, or if they need that or > things like that. I believe it takes precedence over any other setting.
That's fair enough, but it should be clearer that it's to be used as a temporary override. Reword it to say "All new notifications sticky" or something. > That > said, I think we could probably remove it for the inactivity checkbox. Yes, maybe. __________________________________ > > And if I tick the checkbox "Leave notification on screen after n > > seconds of inactivity", when *does* it go away? > > When you click the x to close them > > And if I *don't* tick the checkbox "Leave notification on screen after > > n seconds of inactivity" does it then go away automatically after n > > seconds of inactivity? > > Yes.. I don't get how this is unclear. Ah, I've just worked out what it means, but only after ten minutes hard thought. Once you know what that checkbox is for (and, having designed it in response to user requests, you *do* know what it's for) it's very hard to see how the wording is ambiguous. But to a perverse mind such as mine, it's possible to misunderstand anything. Is it worth my trying to explain how? Yes, I think it is... I had the menu option "Sticky Notifications" ticked, so (crucial error) I started from the assumption that all notifications were sticky; as a new user I had never seen notifications fade and disappear after a few seconds. So I started searching for a way to dismiss notifications automatically. In my search, I found the option "Leave notification on screen after n seconds of inactivity", which sounded like what I was looking for. Now, since I assumed all notifications stayed on screen indefinitely, the option "Leave notification on screen after n seconds of inactivity" is redundant. So I assumed *unticking* this checkbox was the way to have notifications dismissed automatically and I couldn't understand why one would want this to happen only after n seconds inactivity. I'm not sure if I'm expressing my confusion clearly, or if I need to. But my suggested remedy is this: reword the checkbox to say something like "New notifications are sticky if computer has not been used for n seconds." Does this help? Are there likely to be other minds as easily confused as mine? I used to work as a technical writer, and one of my great skills is the way I can spot any ambiguity, no matter how obscure. [1] Anyway, I hope this helps. Thanks for your time. Martin [1] My favourite ambiguity, which I have seen in many user guides, reads as follows: "When you do X, a dialog box appears to inform you of Y." And the naive user replies: "... *appears* to inform me?" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
