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| | {{ Moved To Community | KDE_Visual_Design_Group/HIG/Notifications }} |
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| == Purpose ==
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| A ''notification'' is an information that is not directly relevant to the user's current task. It is displayed via a certain [[Projects/Usability/HIG/NotificationMechanism|notification mechanism]] on a panel above/below the taskbar notification area. Notifications inform users about non-critical problems, but they don't prevent them.
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| Notifications pop up and overlay all other windows. Multiple notifications are stacked vertically. Notifications disappear after a short period automatically (unless the cursor hovers over them), but can be closed by the user at any point. Each notification has its own [[Projects/Usability/HIG/CentralConfiguration|central configuration]] which can be reached by a button next to the close button.
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| == Examples ==
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| (remark: pictures only?)
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| === Positive ===
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| * Email received
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| * New update available
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| * Download completed
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| * Low battery power
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| todo: picture
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| === Negative ===
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| * Low space on medium (this information becomes relevant for file managers and invoked as modal message in this case)
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| todo: picture
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| == Guidelines ==
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| * Do not use notifications for user assistance (consider to use [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Tooltip|tool-tips]] or [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Balloon|balloons]] for short information, or refer to [[Projects/Usability/HIG/HelpSystem|help system]] for extended text.
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| * Do not use notifications for context relevant information that might interfere with the actual workflow (consider to use a [[Projects/Usability/HIG/MessageDialog|message dialog]].
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| * Do not add controls to notification. <span style="color:blue">Thomas: I would remove this. Adding action buttons is allowed in the API and has reasonable use cases, other controls simply cannot be added technically)</span>
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| * Do not override system settings. (remark: more specific) <span style="color:blue">Thomas: Which settings do you mean here?</span>
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| * Provide title and content text (remark: not precise enough) <span style="color:blue">Thomas: guidelines regarding the wording of title and content are indeed very important. Maybe celeste can help here.</span>
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| * Make sure to make the origin of the notification clear from the notification title. For instance: "Amarok: Now playing" or "Konsole: Event"
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| * Keep the notification content concise (no more than about three simple sentences).
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| * Customize notification with the origin's icon. <span style="color:blue">Heiko: (remark: word "origin" needs to be replaced; "icon" might be replaced by technical term) </span>
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| * Provide actionable information (e.g. "Low battery power" "Only 13 min (2%) capacity remaining. Please save your stuff now. Your system will get shut down soon.") <span style="color:blue">Heiko: (remark: should be according actual text)</span>
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| * <span style="color:blue">Heiko: to be defined: Are all notifications configured in KCM? If not, how to separate? -- Kai Uwe: All notifications emitted through KNotify (ie. application has a notifyrc file) can be configured. Using the FDO notification dbus iface directly is discouraged. In 4.11 there's a configure button on notifications.</span>
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| == Code snippets ==
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| to be done
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