spec - uninterrupted-video-playback

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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On Oct 22, 2006, at 12:54 AM, Toby Smithe wrote:
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> A. On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 13:48 +0200, David Balazic wrote:
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>> Christoffer Sørensen wrote :
> ...
>>> [x] System wide notifications
>>>  |_
>>>     Video playback
>>>     [x] Allow only system critical notifications.
>>>     [ ] Allow any notification.
>>
>> This ("Video playback") is too specific. Will there be a separate (but
>> same) option for : presentations, full screen games, e-book reading 
>> ... ?
>
> So, anything full screen?
> ...

Probably programs using full-screen windows need a way to specify 
whether non-critical interruption is acceptable (Web browsing, PDF 
viewing, document editing) or is not acceptable (games, videos, 
presentations). For the former, any notification should be able to 
appear. For the latter, only critical notifications should appear, with 
the rest being queued until you've finished.

That would solve the problem in a way that wouldn't require any 
preferences. "Allow only system critical notifications" -- or even 
referring to "notifications" at all -- would not mean anything to most 
people, no matter how it was worded.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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