Hi all, In general, some ideas I like and others I don't like.  I posted this same message to comments.... In an anecdotal way, whether I like notifications depends on 1) my mood, 2) my task at hand and 3) what/why I'm bothered.  Like if I'm heads-down busy, I don't care about anything but knowing who IM'ed me, and if I'm forgetting a meeting/appointment.  Even then fade away, quick, get out of my way!  :-)  But if I'm "project managing", I'm much more interrupt-able.  Knowing who said what in which app is good.  At slower times at work or at home, more apps, and dialogs that linger longer, and dialogs that have short-cuts (I'm lazy okay! :-) ) is great. No matter what, I am glad the idea of notifications is getting more attention.  The video, like others, makes me think of Growl.  I like Growl and use it when I'm in Mac OS X.  Its simple, nice looking, "ephemeral", and has configurable dialogs that pop-up and fade away.  I also like being able to configure general behavior and have different settings for certain apps. I don't like some of the over simplification mentioned; like a few comments and my comments above: life varies and changes the "importance" of notifications.  I also don't like the implication that "an experiment" will the default behavior in 9.04.  Other channels (new section for weekly news?) could be used at first.  Don't get me wrong, I will play with it when it comes out, I just don't want it "forced on me".  Last thing I don't like (at least in phrasing) is the deprecating of something in a standard that isn't even finalized. In end though, FOSS is about choice, and if people don't like what's out there, its their right to do something about it.  Hopefully those that take on choosing something different give their users some choice as well.  At least the other packages will still be maintained. Best, Rio   <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Mike Rushton <<a href="mailto:leftyfb@ubuntu.com">leftyfb@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What does everyone think of this new idea? <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/253" target="_blank">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/253</a> Personally I do not like it one bit. And I have commented on the blog as such: <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/253#comment-314230" target="_blank">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/253#comment-314230</a> I feel too much like I am being told how I am notified and that I have no control over it. If I wanted that, I'd go back to Windows or buy a mac. I'd like to get everyone else's opinions as well. - --  ,-O  Ubuntu Linux O   ; <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com</a>  `-O  Linux for Human Beings -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSU/LMu6Yy60Eea9+AQJM8Af/WH7kA2hSOakNHSfy9efBLmSMmRpTtRnV AEDM8skLO5CF19XIkygO3iZkC2lmY37jctBXhV4UjQGLEc2IDP67/eUf7+YLKghX Z8hh81TN+Z3E5Ad/nruq3D19XsHMFWvPAy/kPI08VlMDo8ABQuFbR4cBPVCGmcH6 2CJm1xJVKGLRQSkoDyZpRFbKJgzWEOP9dZVd4mQ1AufF25+lWEDzTg63YPUhKSLI gMQjGV35PL266qP9d0GlhnVBNNiHuYJ5y6/OV+87nRobdB3Ff0xvka8cOFNtB2Wo jKuXOVUUcqjf+xqF2U7b6g92c/zc3TP+njl1ZtWsdJZ025ygHZPnwQ== =DFPB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a> </blockquote></div>