Please consider re-adding the pop-out animation for launchers claiming attention
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Unity |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Recently the pop-out animation has been removed and (for the attention case) been replaced by turning the BFB icon blue.
With launcher autohide enabled, I now no longer get visual feedback of any other launchers claiming attention when the BFB icon is already blue.
Now:
1. Launcher item 1 claims attention
2. BFB icon turns blue -> launcher item 1 gets my attention (after unhiding the launcher)
3. Launcher item 2 claims attention
4. Nothing happens -> launcher item 2 doesn't get my attention
Then:
1. Launcher item 1 claims attention
2. Launcher item 1 briefly pops out and wiggles -> launcher item 1 gets my attention
3. Launcher item 2 claims attention
4. Launcher item 2 briefly pops out and wiggles -> launcher item 2 gets my attention
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
tags: | added: needs-design |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Hi Hernando, thanks for the report, and yes I agree the current
situation is suboptimal. However, the popout's in their
launcher-specific position have significant issues:
* they are ephemeral, and making them clickable creates a race and the
potential for "gosh darn it" misses
* they mislead the user as to where to go to retrieve the alert window
(it's the corner, not the side)
There are lots of potential ways forward. Perhaps we should enable
side-activation of the launcher, perhaps we should move the popout to
the corner. However, it's better to offer less and be consistent than
slap on a bad fix. If we can actually do the corner popout by Natty,
we'll do that. If we cannot, we won't. Patches welcome!
Mark