GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 471845
gnome-screensaver notes notification don't say what they are
Last modified: 2010-06-21 19:41:48 UTC
When someone leaves a note for me via the [Leave Message] feature in my screensaver, I see notification window such as the one in the attached screenshot. But it doesn't say that it's a note from the screensaver, so I'm likely to think "How the hell did Keith manage to make that appear? How can I do it on his computer so I can reply to him. Also, who's Keith?"
Created attachment 94635 [details] screensaver-note.png
One liner fix for the ambiguity as to where the message originates would be something like: (gs-lock-plug.c:852) - strftime (summary, 128, "%X", tmp); + strftime (summary, 128, _("Message from screensaver left at %X"), tmp); As to the "who left this part", that's a bit harder to tackle without adding a lot of complexity.
I suggest "Message left on screensaver at %X" instead. Otherwise it looks like the screensaver is trying to communicate with me, which would be odd.
I agree, that sounds better to me too. Anyone object?
Yes, I object to the use of notification bubbles, since the use of those is optional and it's not good from a a11y point of view. I'd suggest using a dialog window instead.
(In reply to comment #5) > Yes, I object to the use of notification bubbles, since the use of those is > optional and it's not good from a a11y point of view. I'd suggest using a > dialog window instead. > Probably better served by its own bug though, rather than recycling this one (since this is just about a simple string change).
I was just about to report this one, 2 years later! The gnome-screensaver message feature is a really, really good idea, and I like it a lot. But: * the message-input box doesn't explicitly prompt for a name of the person writing it. * The dialog box needs to explain better what it is. (there are also social-engineering issues here). My proposal is the following: "While you were away from your screen, someone left you the following message via your screensaver, at <TIME>: <Message text>" * The dialog box is currently of type Warning, whereas Info would be better.
Yeah it never really worked well. We've removed it from master in part for this reason. We may reconsider it once we know how the screensaver will integrate into GNOME 3.