Re: [Ayatana] Solving the user forgets about presentation mode problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 07/07/2009 15:19, Praveen ha scritto: hmm.. not a bad idea though one must consider that this one initial notification will be always displayed whenever one goes fullscreen. so if i watch a lot of movies or am review/editing a presentation i would be going to fullscreen and back so many many

Re: [Ayatana] Solving the user forgets about presentation mode problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

2009-07-07 Thread Sohail Mirza
Isn't this whole discussion of a presentation mode making the issue more complex than it needs to be? I would think that taking an application into full-screen allows us to safely assume the user is making the following statement: this application is the only thing I'm interested in right now.

Re: [Ayatana] Solving the user forgets about presentation mode problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Launi
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Sohail Mirza mirzmas...@gmail.com wrote: First off, netbooks are not a fair use-case for this discussion. The limitations of the form-factor may require entirely a different solution to common problems. This much is apparent when comparing Ubuntu Desktop to

Re: [Ayatana] Solving the user forgets about presentation mode problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 07/07/2009 16:39, Sohail Mirza ha scritto: The limitations of the form-factor may require entirely a different solution to common problems. This much is apparent when comparing Ubuntu Desktop to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. The EEEPC 1000HE has a 10'' screen on which the default gnome desktop is

Re: [Ayatana] Solving the user forgets about presentation mode problem! (was Re: notify-osd + fullscreen + multiple monitors)

2009-07-07 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 07/07/2009 17:34, Sohail Mirza ha scritto: Weighed against the configuration set and dialogues being proposing, I still think that full-screen = I'm busy is a reasonable assumption to make with the vast majority of the user population. I would venture a guess that most users don't even use,