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'''Pros.''' 1) Simpler to implement. 2) All notification messages in a single place (well for each given corner type).
'''Pros.''' 1) Simpler to implement. 2) All notification messages in a single place (well for each given corner type).
'''Cons.''' 1) Notification is not visually linked to the specific activity that generated it, e.g. if several uploads are ongoing which one was just declined? 2) Makes new use of the frame corner space, very lightly to interfere with the frame hot corners, accidentally triggering the notification palette when trying to open the frame. 3) Adds new full size icon clutter/complication to the frame corners (which must be different than the icon of the actual activity to avoid confusion, e.g. two journal icons in the frame would be confusing).
'''Cons.''' 1) Notification is not visually linked to the specific activity that generated it, e.g. if several uploads are ongoing which one was just declined? 2) Makes new use of the frame corner space, very lightly to interfere with the frame hot corners, accidentally triggering the notification palette when trying to open the frame. 3) Adds new full size icon clutter/complication to the frame corners (which must be different than the icon of the actual activity to avoid confusion, e.g. two journal icons in the frame would be confusing).
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===Notification history as a device icon===
Walter suggested the possibility of having the notification history available as a device icon rather than in a screen corner.
[[Mockup of activity notification history as a device icon.png | thumb | center | 640px |
Placing the consolidated history of all notifications in as a device icon would avoid overloading the screen corners with new UI behaviours, though dilutes the spacial link between a corner notification and its frame edge. Would notification text appear both in this device icon and a frame menu?
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