KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/applets/systemtray/core

[Marco Martin]

On Saturday 30 October 2010, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Saturday, October 30, 2010, Marco Martin wrote:
> > SVN commit 1191305 by mart:
> > 
> > don't move icons in the first position when the are notificating,
> > apparently is confusing (except the notifications applet that always
> 
> where is the feedback that this was based on? is it from people who have
> multi-row system trays? vertical system trays? using apps that constantly
> juggle back and forth (e.g. an IM app that sets itself to NeedsAttention
> whenever their nick is mentioned)? OCD? ;)
> 
> problem now is that there will often be little to no visual cue as to which
> items are of elevated concern. i agree with you that this seems to be a
> step backwards, so i'm wondering what motivated the change.

basically the problem, that i partly agree on is this:
regardless if it's single or multi line, horizontal or vertical,
if the icon changes place when is notifying, it's like the mouse target moving 
and escaping

brain is even too much good at remember spatially something, and becomes easy 
to keep clicking in the position the icon used to be, rather then the new one.

now, this way as i said in the commit isn't good either since it relays only 
on the blinking/notifying look, *if any* (and here is the problem, is not 
guaranteed) to be distinguished...
uhm, i'm even thinking about -duplicating- the notifying icon...
but would be even worse...

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Marco Martin