"Mikael Jansson" <tic_khr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Although I am not really a friend of the bubble windows in Windows, > > I > > think they have at least one advantage over your 2nd suggestion: it > > doesn't change the window position. It also makes sure that the > > user > > can grasp the whole title and origin of that window. > > It could go away after a while, and it could also have a button > > that > > moves W' to the foreground. > > Combine that with the transparency effect of yours and a hot key > > that > > the user can press during that fade out time (and afterwards as > > long > > as the bubble is open) to bring that window to front. > Yup, good idea. What features should N have? What do you mean? Bubbled edges or something? :) I would also not make it transparent: the user should be able to easily read what it contains. > > If you don't need to click the bubbles away, I think they are a > > good > > way of informative but unobtrusive way of getting information to > > the > > user. If there was such a popup, I think it would be nice to have a > > tray icon for all past events the user didn't acknowledge. > Again, a good idea. Should we have priorities? (possibly making this > into a system-wide list, with "B_SYSTEM_PRIORITY" or similar being > said > messages) I don't know if priorities are needed - these messages should be not so important by definition (if they were really important, you should consider using a different mechanism). But maybe it's a good idea to add a category to it. > > > Also, what happens when the focus window is maximized...? > > The bubble could always be ontop, always at the same position. Of > > course, only if that very position is not the hot spot of current > > user input (ie. the view having focus is covered). > We could place the note window anywhere, as the user should be able > to > click through it (perhaps not the /actual/ hot spot, but close > enough) > and act if it wasn't there. I would even go further in a different direction and would add functionality to it, like a button to close it, or a button to bring that stupid window into focus :) Bye, Axel.