Comment 11 for bug 194213

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 04:42:32PM -0000, Richard Ayotte wrote:
> seanh, I really like your ideas. Initially we could simply have a
> notification that says something like "10 files copied to clipboard" or
> "10 files cut to clipboard". Later, a compiz animation of the ghost
> icons that have been cut/copied could fly to a clipboard in the
> notification area. The copy and cut could also be differentiated with
> different sounds.

They're not really my ideas as I'm just saying we should do what Sugar
does. Actually I think an animation of the icons going to the clipboard might
be too much. It would mean icons flying across the screen. The way it
works in Sugar is just that a passive notification, showing the icon for
the content that was cut or copied, pops up next to the clipboard
when something is added. There are different icons for different kinds
of content

I think that's less distracting in two ways: you don't have any
animation flying across the screen, and only a single icon is used for
the notification, no text to read.