[Gossip-dev] Making th message window automatically closing itself

[Martyn Russell]

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Bruno Dusausoy wrote:
> Hi all,

Hi,

> 1) The only way to get notified from a new message is done via the
> notification icon; no blinking message window in the "list of windows"
> anymore since it duplicate the "entry point". 

If you don't have the "list of windows" then there is only one entry
point, just as there is if you don't have a notification area.

I personally don't have a list of windows, I think it wastes space and
prefer to alt+tab. I don't think there is anything here that we would
change in Gossip.

> So if a message window is
> already opened and there is an incoming message, just make the
> notification icon blink - no need to search for the
> always-changing-place-message-window.

Hmm, the only reason my chat window is in a different place is because
new chats are shown in new windows if there is no other chat window on
the same desktop - I don't think there is a better way to do this :/

> 2) If a message window stays more than x seconds/minutes[1]  without any
> activity[2], it should be automatically closed so the user shouldn't
> always click on the "close" button of it.

I think this could be a cool feature, it would have to be turned off by
default due to the weird behaviour it produces to first time users - and
I personally wouldn't have a use for it, what do others think?

> [1] depending on user's preferences - a gconf key with a respectable
> default : 30 seconds for example

I would have it set to 5 minutes if I used it - depends on the user I
would think.

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Regards,
Martyn
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