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Bug 31729

Summary: status message handling is confusing for user
Product: platform Reporter: Marian Mirilovic <mmirilovic>
Component: Window SystemAssignee: Stanislav Aubrecht <saubrecht>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: blocker CC: mslama
Priority: P4 Keywords: UI
Version: 3.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description Marian Mirilovic 2003-03-06 10:19:12 UTC 
Issue has been transferred from BugTraq:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4788331.html
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Description: 
When the IDE is up full screen, the user sees multiple locations for status
information:
1. there's an output window for server logs and compiler output
2. there's also a place at the top of the screen for status messages.

It's optically confusing to the user to scan both places; you're not sure when
you should be looking at each location.

Comments:
it would be helpful if the status messages were logged somewhere so that the
user could go back and review them, in case they weren't looking when the
message flashed by!
A comment.
Comment 1 mslama 2003-03-12 12:57:40 UTC 
It is more design issue. Could be handled in new winsys design.
Comment 2 Marian Mirilovic 2004-06-14 14:01:57 UTC 
re-evaluate please ...
Comment 3 jrojcek 2004-10-28 21:37:19 UTC 
This is an enhancement.
Comment 4 Stanislav Aubrecht 2013-09-05 07:50:11 UTC 
Please reopen if still valid, thanks.