colours within notifications

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colours within notifications

Post by grahamperrin » Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:10 am

A minor observation, similar to one made during a beta:

  • sometimes the use of colour implies a red alert, when alarm is unnecessary
  • sometimes when alarm may appropriate, there's an absence of colour.

Two examples

When a checkup (scrub) begins, the text within a notification is red. Here, red alert is unnecessary; it's the beginning of a normal routine, at a point where there is no error.

When a cache vdev is missing, the notification is bland – 

Image

– here, an amber alert or red alert might be good.

Coloration of the volume icon

Also: whilst I like green for the ZEVO volume icon in Finder, the appearance of
green within a red alert is counterintuitive in notifications. So for consistency and clarity:

  • within notifications, might we have the ZEVO volume icon always greyscale?

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Re: colours within notifications

Post by TomUnderhill » Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:53 am

Is it possible for a filesystem's icon represent its condition? This would be across the board: in Finder, on the desktop, in notifications.

A green drive icon... everything is as expected.
A grey drive icon... something is not as expected.
A red drive icon... something urgent needs attention.

I'll need to see why I didn't get a notification of my missing L2ARC. Perhaps I just ignored it.
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Re: colours within notifications

Post by grahamperrin » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:15 am

TomUnderhill wrote:… A red drive icon... something urgent needs attention.


For a different product, maybe.

For ZEVO, no – the clash of visuals would be counterintuitive. Related topic:

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Re: colours within notifications

Post by TomUnderhill » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:49 am

In reference to a red drive icon in the Finder or on my desktop, I don't quite get this:

grahamperrin wrote:the clash of visuals would be counterintuitive.


The clash of visuals is exactly what I need. In fact, I'd like a little hula girl to start dancing on the drive, then flames to start shooting out of the sides and finally, harkening back to the good-ole-days of System 7, Oscar the Grouch pops out of the trash can and sings "I love it because it's trashed!"

If something on my system needs my attention and I miss a temporary Growl notification because I was busy in the toilet, I definitely don't want my data going anywhere without my knowledge.

Perhaps I can post a visual from the office tomorrow.
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Re: colours within notifications

Post by grahamperrin » Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:42 am

Recurring notifications: in one of the other recent topics, I think.

I do want Oscar back.

Seriously, for Mountain Lion, embrace the grey. It's not all grey; the restraint allows carefully placed colour to have greater impact.

Perfect for publishers: these sunglasses :ugeek:
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Re: colours within notifications

Post by TomUnderhill » Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:02 pm

grahamperrin wrote:Perfect for publishers: these sunglasses :ugeek:


Perfect sunglasses for programmers and IT Support (especially when they're provided scripts!)

Restraint is an honorable mantra. Sometimes color is vitally important.

Perhaps we're not focusing on the same part of the UI.
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Re: colours within notifications

Post by grahamperrin » Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:00 pm

TomUnderhill wrote:… miss a temporary … notification … I definitely don't want my data going anywhere without my knowledge. …


At viewtopic.php?p=2527#p2527 for example

> …wish for a notification of some sort – maybe recurring, but not too frequent …
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