From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: <1159114194.5088.44.camel@localhost> References: <1159114194.5088.44.camel@localhost> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:55:05 +0200 Message-Id: <1159116905.28425.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] GNOME bluez applet request Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Reinout, > As part of the Bluetooth support in Mandriva Linux 2007, which will be > released shortly, the GNOME bluez applet is required. "Applet" is a bit > of a misnomer here, because the icon settles in the notification area. > Once activated, it stays there and the only thing it does is showing > discoverability status changes. > > I would like to point out that it goes against the GNOME Human Interface > Guidelines to display a notification icon perpetually.[1] The reasoning > behind this is that the notification area is designed to inform the user > of important events, and when lots of notification icons are displayed > at the same time, this waters down the primary function of the > notification area. the CVS version of bluez-gnome has an option (compile time) to hide the icon, when no adapter is attached. This should become a GConf option, but it hasn't been integrated yet. Feel free to send patches. > In fact there is another bluetooth-related icon in my notification area > that spends 99,9% of its time doing nothing, for which I've filed a bug > already.[2] Is there a bug tracker for bluez where I could file a > request to only display the notification icon for important events? The mailing list is the correct of addressing this. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users