Comment 419 for bug 332945
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| Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote Re: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information / new update-manager behaviour is annoying | #419 |
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.