Ubuntu
notify-osd package

Move the bubble when the pointer is over it, don't make it disappear

Bug #462647 reported by Gioele Barabucci
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
notify-osd (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Mirco Müller

Bug Description

Could you please move the bubble instead of making it disappear temporarily?

The momentary disappear of the bubble looks like a bug and is very confusing. Instead, moving the bubble suggests that the bubble is moving to give you access to the underlying windows.

David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in notify-osd:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Ongion (benpy2k) wrote :

Are you using compositing? With a compositing window manager, the disappearance is more gradual.

Mirco Müller (macslow)
Changed in notify-osd:
assignee: nobody → Mirco Müller (macslow)
Revision history for this message
Gioele Barabucci (gioele) wrote :

No, I'm not using a compositing window manager.

The point is, even if the bubble disappear, people (at least all those I talked to) don't get that the bubble is not "going away", it is just "moving" to give you access to the underlying window. An short animation that show the notification moving away (maybe moving right outside the screen) would instantly suggest that it is only momentarily moving away.

See also the related bug #371093.

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
affects: notify-osd → notify-osd (Ubuntu)
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