From kde-core-devel  Wed Sep 23 22:40:10 2009
From: Ingo =?iso-8859-15?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:40:10 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Turn Powerdevil suspend notification into a dialog
Message-Id: <200909240040.10857 () thufir ! ingo-kloecker ! de>
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On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Aur=E9lien G=E2teau wrote:
> In case you missed it, an earlier discussion about notification
> capabilities on this list diverged a bit on Powerdevil suspend
> notification. I am referring to the notification which appears when
> your laptop is running out of battery. Powerdevil shows a
> notification to tell you it will suspend the machine in a few
> seconds, unless you click the "Cancel" button of the notification.
>
> I believe this is one of the few cases where using a dialog is more
> appropriate than using a notification because the system is about to
> do something very drastic, so it should ensure the user does not miss
> it.
>
> The dialog approach has a drawback though: it can steal the focus,
> resulting in the user accidentally triggering one of the dialog
> buttons if the dialog receive a keystroke intended for the previously
> active window.

I haven't read all messages in this thread, so maybe this has already=20
been asked by someone else:
How does Mac OS X notify the user when her laptop is running out of=20
battery?
How does Windows Vista or Windows 7 notify the user when his laptop is=20
running out of battery?

If neither Mac OS X nor Windows use a dialog then I'd say that this is a=20
strong indication that a dialog is not the right solution for the=20
problem.


Regards,
Ingo

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