Hi,

I am very happy with most parts of my Kde (kubuntu karmic kde4.3.3) desktop as it is.
But there is this one issue that gets on my nerves OFTEN:

The notifications:
Sometimes they are shown, somtimes they are auto-hidden, sometimes finished progresses notifications remain open and I have to close them...

And either I don't understand the settings, or there is no way to just make them work properly:

* As long as a file is being moved/copied/downloaded: show the progressbar.
* If finished or canceled: get rid of the notification.
* Never autohide running progressbars completely.

* Informational Notifications (status/mail) that require no interaction get hidden after X seconds.
* Informational Notifications (upgrades) that require interaction never get hidden automatically.

I hope that some day I get it configured like that - or (I'm currently trying to figure out where to start) get it patched and compiled myself to be that way.

I would be very greatfull for any pointers:
- How to configure it properly?
- Who to talk to about programming?
- Where to find the people? IRC?
- Who else is having issues with this and maybe has already done something about it?
- Workarounds (using something else,...)

Thanks alot.

Timo

You could use the classic notifications system: (Right Click) on System Tray > System Tray Settings. Untick "Application Notifications" and "File transfers and other jobs"

yes, thats basically what I am doing right now. But honestly - having dialogues pop up all over the place is soooo yesterday.

It was driving me mad, but then all the forum and other akregator feeds were activating it. At least there is a measure of configuration. I just experimented until I got a reasonable balance. In my case I simply deactivated all the akregator notifications.