Day: Notify me
On his blog, GNOME contributor Allan Day writes about a redesign of the GNOME 3 notification mechanisms. It includes a new Message Tray design as well as reworking the lock-screen notifications and the notification banners themselves. "The final goal is one that was at the core of the original design, and which is central to the design of GNOME 3 as a whole: that is, to be noticable and useful without being distracting. Wherever possible with GNOME 3, we have tried to produce a distraction-free experience which helps you concentrate on the task in hand. This requires a fine balancing act, which can be tricky to get right. With the new designs, we want to change that balance slightly, by making notifications a bit more noticable and by providing more effective reminders, but we still want to retain the emphasis on avoiding distraction."