Notications window has confusing name

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It seems confusing to refer to the main specto window as the "notification
window". There is a "notification area" where the specto icon resides and
which the alert balloon (sometimes also called a notification popup) also
points to. I propose renaming the main window the "Watch Window" and
identify the alert balloon as it is missing from
http://specto.ecchi.ca/Manual/Terminology

Additionally, the alert balloon seems to be referred to as "toast" in the
preferences dialog for some reason. This is also confusing and should be
reworded.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by beer...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2007 at 7:24

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I'm not sure renaming the notification window to something else can be possible
(something that would be easier to understand, I mean). "Watch Window" seems 
wrong to
me, because we know that it's a "window" and watches is pretty abstract. Seeing
"notifications" in the window list applet seems like the best I could think of 
so far
:| thoughts, anyone?

Indeed, the libnotify stuff has an unstandardized naming convention. I 
previously
heard they were called "toasts", but when we implemented them we named the 
module
"balloons" (because I was told it was easier to guess), but they could also be
referred to as "bubbles" (though they are sometimes not round). I'm not sure 
what
name would be best here...

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 16 Feb 2007 at 8:27

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Wouldn't the 'main' window be better named "configure watches" or perhaps 
"configure
notifications" ?

Original comment by sas.d...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2007 at 10:26

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Not sure, that's more of a name that I think suits the Edit Watch window :P the 
main
window is... well... yeah you can add/delete watches, but that is part of other
windows, and... the main window is pretty much for "interactions with the 
watches" I
think. Anyhow I use it whenever I have multiple watches that are updated and I 
click
their icon to open them...

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 16 Jun 2007 at 12:54

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I won't change this after all, it would not make sense if someone looked at the
window list applet in the panel and saw "main" or "configure watches"...

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2008 at 10:14

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