The salient para is at the bottom of the first page which is think is of sufficent worthyness to quote for all and sundry:
The article starts with the first Linux desktop, not much works it's way through D-Cop and D-Bus and then to "popup" notification balloons then:
The article continues on the next page with a discussion of icons, menus etc. All in all, very interesting!
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...desktop-914736
woodsmoke
The article starts with the first Linux desktop, not much works it's way through D-Cop and D-Bus and then to "popup" notification balloons then:
The justification for the design was that notification bubbles should present information to the user in a way that isn't intrusive. With the first version of Notify OSD released and shipped in Ubuntu, the Kubuntu team wanted the technology in KDE too.
Fortunately, the Ayatana team had created the Notify OSD specification in a cross-desktop way and the Kubuntu team simply worked on a different GUI that fitted well into the KDE desktop. Like the Notify OSD in Gnome, it was well received; a subtle and gentle improvement to the desktop.
Fortunately, the Ayatana team had created the Notify OSD specification in a cross-desktop way and the Kubuntu team simply worked on a different GUI that fitted well into the KDE desktop. Like the Notify OSD in Gnome, it was well received; a subtle and gentle improvement to the desktop.
The article continues on the next page with a discussion of icons, menus etc. All in all, very interesting!
http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...desktop-914736
woodsmoke