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2009-10-09 , 17:35
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Originally Posted by thisandthathereandthere View Post
i watched many videos and saw many pictures, but i didnt see small notification icons, just the banners.
There are 3 types of notifications:
  • The Hildon Notes, which pop up big, modal orange banners in the middle of the screen that you have to tap away.
  • The Hildon Banner, which is the little banner you see near the top that go away after a timeout or when you tap them.
  • The libnotify notifications which are the ones you get for IM/SMS/email. These show a little bubble in the upper left for a short period then disappear into the dashboard. They work mostly the same as Diablo's notifications.

Originally Posted by thisandthathereandthere View Post
i thought it would be usefull to have small icon on the desktop on the side of reception bars, statuslight, Wireless activity GPS activity icons. new mail envelope with@, sms an envelope SMS stating in it, mms envelope with MMS, IM a speech bubble with "IM" in it. and for backround media an arrow with a music note just to inform you "hey there is media activity in the background" since you could be on a desktopview with out the music player widget on, and just forgotten you have the media player on for the whole day
Peter requested a GMail notifier for the desktop. It would be fairly trivial for somebody to put together additional applets for the statusbar.
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