Comment 13 for bug 428509

I think mac_v makes correct points.
This bug should be given high priority and resolved ASAP Imho else it will
become a really big annoyance of karmic.

I really dont understand why it was decided to go for this behaviour in the
first place. In ayatana ml this topic was discussed in detail and the
decision reached was

*Show notifications by default in fullscreen apps
*Have a DND mode where notifications are not sent.

If all this could not have been done for karmic, then the issue should not
have been touched at all.

In conclusion, missing IM's,emails,etc while watching movies, etc is a use
case which is more concerning and something which is likely to happen more
often to more no. of users. rather than the pretty limited use case of
someone giving a presentation while having IM enabled.
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:27 PM, mac_v <email address hidden> wrote:

> Mark , Mirco ,
> Is there a way to make notify-osd detect whether any OOo app is running in
> fullscreen or if a movie is playing in fullscreen?
>
> If the issue is about presentations.. suppressing the bubbles during an
> OOo might be better... now it suppressed the bubbles even when using
> picture slideshows!
>
> For now , a workaround i do while watching movies , is to *not* use
> fullscreen. But rather use a Maximized window!
> This is *very* frustrating , not being able to even watch a movie
> peacefully!
>
> Though i agree that a personal message during a presentation would be
> embarrassing...
> What would be the chances of that happening compared to a person missing an
> IM notification while watching a movie!
> [most folks dont turn on the im clients during presentations , this
> embarrassment problem would be more when a person is using a laptop and has
> im client running
> While this 'fix' this would affect both desktop and laptop users and most
> definitely a larger user base ]
>
> If time is of the essence and this could not make it into Karmic , why
> do the fixes have to be done in such a manner? Isnt it better to fix the
> issues properly , rather than doing it incompletely...!
>
> Mirco,
> Could you kindly point to where in the code this change was applied? I'd
> like to revert this behavior and rebuild the package.
>
> --
> Do not suppress async notifications when using fullscreen apps
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428509
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