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Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications

Posted by timothy on from the activated-but-not-in-use dept.

Thelasko writes "Mark Shuttleworth is considering a controversial overhaul to the way Ubuntu manages notifications." I'm not thrilled with all of the changes proposed, which would mostly value simplicity over confusion at the expense of flexibility and permanence. But anything that would make more people read over and specifically approve the wording of error messages and other notifications is a good thing.

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  1. Sounds like UAC? by Auroch · · Score: 0, Troll

    It almost sounds like UAC or that permissions window in OSX ... Isn't it great to see linux innovating, again?

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