[maemo-developers] Moving windows in Maemo

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Kemal Hadimli wrote:
> The need for a close button and move option in infoprints is, as
> stated before, they just prevent you from accessing stuff below them.
> 
> Example: I can't crank up the brightness immediately (or mute sound)
> when the "Connected to AP" infoprint is shown and it bothers me to
> wait. Can't interact with the widgets under the infoprint. A dismiss
> button on the top right in each infoprint would solve this. Without
> the ability to close/dismiss these makes the users wait unnecessarily,
> and that is just bad design.

Dialogs and banners are conceptually different.  Dialogs expect user
interaction, take focus, and go away only on user interaction, banners
don't have any of these properties.

Besides, large enough, esthetically satisfactorily positioned close
button ('X') would take quite a lot of space in a banner. As a result
banners would cover significantly more of the screen and then you would
really need to close the banners...


> Another example: Some infoprints are there for a long time. Think
> maemo-mapper downloading maps. The app is multithreaded and the
> download process doesn't block you from browsing around, but you can't
> access under the infoprint because there's no way to move it around
> (or close/dismiss it)

If the progress notification is preventing you from something that
the application itself would be able to do, then the progress
notifications should be somewhere else.  E.g. in toolbar like with
Browser.  Maybe you should request this from the Maemo mapper instead?


	- Eero

Disclaimer: I'm not a UI designer