On lun, 2009-07-06 at 13:36 +0000, Chauncellor wrote: > A quote from my friend on his Mac's notification system: > > "I find the bouncy icon annoying and all, but if it weren't there I'd > probably never update. When it does bounce, I see all the updates and if > I don't use some programs in the list ill [sic] just ignore them > altogether." > > While I in NO WAY would like to see bouncing icons, I think it proves > that there can be something done other than blatant pop-ups that will > grab the user's attention. >
But, yes I know that guidelines are usually untouchable for good reasons, but I ask: why couldn't they just blink for two seconds, with a long period (e.g. .5 secs)? And then stay normal, and then blink again in two hours or so. It wouldn't be annoying at all I think. V. -- [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information / new update-manager behaviour is annoying https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
