problem with popup message and auto-deletion

[Marco Martin]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Steven Sroka <steven.sroka at live.ca> wrote:
> I don't know if you are talking about KNotify or not, but...
>> This is also an issue with Amarok notifications. I really don't need
>> a history of the last 80 songs Amarok has played.
>
> It's not just an Amarok issue. 'Unimportant' information shouldn't be
> stored.
> What is important and what is not, should be up to the end-users, since
> developers do not know what every single person thinks is important
> information or not.
> I only like to see the popup information stored regarding things that are
> critical and things that need me to do something (ie. my battery needs to be
> replaced (which KDE 4.6 keeps complaining about for some reason), or
> something I am running needs to be configured).
> Current songs playing, a new IM, etc. are all time-sensitive. It is relevant
> for a few seconds, then it is out of date. Which means these messages should
> not last for more than a few seconds and then disappear to oblivion. While,
> others (ie. desktop effects have been disabled!) should be stored, so users
> have a small history of what has happened since login.
>
> ________________________________
>> From: toddrme2178 at gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:51:31 -0500
>> Subject: Re: problem with popup message and auto-deletion
>> To: plasma-devel at kde.org
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Aaron Lewis <the.warl0ck.1989 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hmmm .. I still expect you developers add an option for it.
>> >
>> > Like me , i got a crontab for my fortune program , the story-teller ,
>> > and it popup messages every 30 minutes with kdialog.
>> >
>> > In this case , i don't want to bother deleting them by clicking , i
>> > would prefer just read the text poped up and let it disappear itself is
>> > fine enough.
>> >
>> > What do you think about it ?
>>
>> This is also an issue with Amarok notifications. I really don't need
>> a history of the last 80 songs Amarok has played.
>>
>> -Todd
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