[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
I would like to jump on this band wagon too. I prefer Pidgin for this and other reasons. Such as all the various plugins, customizable sounds, and the abilitiy to save custom Smiley Icons, Including animated ones. WHICH I LOVE. So I will confirm this and will also seach for the Smiley Icon bug here on launchpad. If I can't find it I'll report a new one. Empathy Is a great app for how simple but usefull it is cause it has a fully functioning Facebook chat that is Built in STOCK, No stupid plug in that you need to dig around for. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
I agree with Omer that changes in an app go to a mailing list, not a bug. Saying that, ive missed countless messages in my first few days of trying to switch to Empathy. I expect no less than the message icon to turn green when a new IM arrives, but it does not. Its not productive when I have to go and manually check whats waiting for me. I would think its a bug if a message comes in and the indicator does not change colors. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
bug trackers are not used for such changes/discussion, mailing lists and blueprints are. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
thanks for your bug report. this bug report contains too many bugs. you need to report every bug separately and also if you are willing to help the right place for this kind of bug reports/discussions is the ayatana- mailing list. thanks for these suggestions though. I am marking this bug as invalid. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
Like I said in the initial bug report. All these bugs individually aren't really a problem. It's the collective effect of all of them together that make Empathy unusable. As for the suggestion that the ayatana mailing list is the right place for this kind of bug report, what's the point of having a bug tracker if I'm just going to get told to tell somebody else? On 01/12/2011 02:30 PM, Omer Akram wrote: thanks for your bug report. this bug report contains too many bugs. you need to report every bug separately and also if you are willing to help the right place for this kind of bug reports/discussions is the ayatana- mailing list. thanks for these suggestions though. I am marking this bug as invalid. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
I have the same problem so I will confirm the bug. As a workaround, I normally use emesene for my msn account as that is the one I use the most, and I use empathy for facebook and google chat. I like emesene because it's almost impossible to miss a message. The icon flahes in the notification area, and on my awn dock it also flashes every 30 seconds or so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 Title: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
I experience at least some points in the bug report, so I'll put this as confirmed. Could you send this upstream? ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
As a Ubuntu lover, I also have to say the empathy new message notification system is a pretty poor implementation. I personally would like multiple beeps every few mins to say I have new messages. I would also like the options of automatically opening every new messages that is received (enabled by default if it were my choice, but having the option would suffice). Currently it's near on impossible to catch new messages unless I keep moving my eyes to the top right hand corner of the screen all the time, Oh wait there I go again.. nope no new messages, lol. Just adding my two cents :P Drew -- New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
1. Ubuntu-sounds 2. Empathy 3. Notify-OSD a. I don't think mail is supported in empathy? 4. N/A 5. Notify-OSD 6. Gnome Panel?? There are many bug reports in this one. It would be much appreciated if you searched on each of these sections in launchpad (or use google site://bugs.launchpad.net for your search) and make sure there already isn't a bug reported. If you don't see one, then please file a separate bug report for each of these suggestions. This will help us move each idea in the right direction. -- New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
Can you please tell what do you expect empathy to do. and it would be great if you split the changes you suggest in empathy and the messaging menu(white envelop). ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 592859] Re: New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough
I thought it was pretty clear, but I'll list them out here for completeness, numbered according to their numbers in the original posting: 1. Make the sound volume adjustable, like in Pidgin. 2. Play the sound even when the conversation window is focused. 3. Make the Messaging Menu icon in the notification area compliant with the Gnome HIG. I'm not a human factors guy, so I don't pretend to have the One True Answer. Some ideas though: a. Mailbox with flag (like xbiff). b. Throbbing envelope when there's a new message (but not flashing or too annoying). 4. N/A 5. When there is an unread message in the conversation window, bold and color the tab on which the message exists. Maybe as an easy stop-gap, reverse the icons used for no new messages and new message (eg: the white and green ones). 6. Change the default theme to show URGENT windows in the pager as inverse color (Gray on White, maybe) instead of white on lighter-gray-than-normal. So there are 6 ideas. Note that they are just ideas. The fact that those exact ideas themselves aren't implemented should not turn into the main focus of this bug. Some might say that I should split this report up six ways. I submit that if I had, each one would have gotten dismissed as not really a problem, but a subjective feature enhancement request. Once it has been determined what to do to rectify the problem as a whole, I would suggest _at_that_point_, for someone (even me) to split this bug up into individual tasks. I reiterate that the problem is not any one of these things, but their sum. The problem here is that the current methods of getting the attention of the user are inadequate, and that it's very easy for the user to miss new messages that come in. I also reiterate that the people in charge of Empathy's user interface should take a good hard look at the things which Pidgin does to get the user's attention. I'm not blowing the horn for Pidgin here, I'm just saying that they seem to have the human factors area worked out pretty well. Maybe something can be learned from Kopete as well (I've never used it). -- New Message Notifications in Empathy are not Attention-Grabbing Enough https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
