Notification queue
Eric Ellsworth <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:02:16 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.kde.look |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi there, It seems to me that there's great potential in KPassivePopup for making a notification queue. I've heard many, many complaints about apps or dialogs stealing the focus from the user. Nonetheless, it's equally troubling to have an app block or timeout when it needs only a little bit of direction from a user. What if apps directed their messages to the user through a notification queue, which could use KPassivePopup to keep a list of the things the system wants to tell the user? I could envision: New mail Process ending (if konsole passes the output to the notification queue) Apps waiting for user input Instant message PIM reminders Error messages using the notification queue. There would clearly need to message priorities, ways to flush messages, ways to ignore messages, etc. Overall, though, I think it could be a nice compact window into what all's going on in your computer. Reactions? Eric