Ubuntu
notify-osd package

turn off the notifications in accordance to the messaging menu status

Bug #1088029 reported by Damien
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Ayatana Design
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notify-osd (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The messaging menu status (online/away/busy/offline) should not be restricted to instant messaging. Switching it to "busy" should turn off the new mail notifications, especially the popup and the sound.

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Jim Nelson (yorba-jim) wrote :

I'm not sure this is a Geary bug. We built our messaging subsystem to comport to Ubuntu's guidelines: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MessagingMenu and http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/technologies/messaging-menu/ I don't see the behavior you're requesting discussed there -- please point it out to me if I'm wrong.

Is this behavior you see in other applications? If so, which one(s)?

Changed in geary:
status: New → Incomplete
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Damien (youpla-b) wrote :

It's probably more about notifications in general that would be turned off depending of the messaging status.

I can't say I saw this behaviour in other applications as I barely use instant messaging or other applications that go in the way of work. I just felt that Geary was annoying with it's constant noise and pop-ups while I was trying to focus on my work.

I know nothing about these guidelines. Maybe they could be updated to integrate this behaviour?

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Jim Nelson (yorba-jim) wrote :

My feeling is that this is a Messaging Menu feature request. I think it's a reasonable idea, but this should be forwarded to them for consideration. I'm including them in the affected projects list for this ticket.

I should also note that GNOME Shell has a solution to this problem. In the user menu (top-right corner), there's a "Notifications" switch. Turn it off, no more notifications.

Changed in geary:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
Omer Akram (om26er)
affects: geary → notify-osd
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in notify-osd:
status: Won't Fix → New
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

needs design input.

Changed in indicator-messages:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in notify-osd:
status: New → Incomplete
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
affects: notify-osd → notify-osd (Ubuntu)
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Lars Karlitski (larsu) wrote :

This has nothing to do with the messaging menu, as that doesn't actually show the popups.

no longer affects: indicator-messages
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