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List:       kde-look
Subject:    [Fwd: Error messages and the status bar]
From:       Dirk Hennig <Dirk.Hennig () stud ! uni-hannover ! de>
Date:       2000-04-20 13:44:42
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:49:12 +0200
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Subject: Re: Error messages and the status bar
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Sven Niedner wrote:

> Dirk Hennig wrote:
> > change the color depending on its status: Green = waiting for user-input, Yellow \
> > = working, but ok for user-input, Red = error. That would be quite clear for \
> > everyone.
> 
> Nice idea, but the top of the window might become a bit crowded,
> then. So why not use the title bar of a window to signal a
> certain state of the application -- accepting user input (=having
> focus), inactive and halted due to an error. This, for shure,
> would need a close integration with the window manager.

That sounds to me like the perfect idea!
It should be customizeable via Themes, then it would also be possible to change the \
colors to some kind of structure for the colorblind.

Dirk



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