Error message timeout too short

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What version of ElectricSleep are you using?
0.6.2

On what android device and android version?
droid x,   android 2.2

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  get an error that causes ES to flash an error on the screen

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The error doesn't persist long enough (about 2-5 seconds).  And is sometimes 
missed altogether as it blends  into the background of the app.
--suggest leaving the message there until the user dismisses it.  That way we 
can open an issue and accurately report the error received.
-- suggest changing the color scheme of the error message to make it stand out 
more

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pegbat...@gmail.com on 1 Jan 2011 at 3:38

[GoogleCodeExporter]

It may also be useful to the use and you if there was some way display the ES 
version in the error message..   Then the user doesn't have to search for that 
information.

If you have no control over the timeout, suggest you number you error messages 
so the user will have a chance to remember the number to report.

Original comment by pegbat...@gmail.com on 1 Jan 2011 at 3:43

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The messages I mainly use are called "Toasts" and they are controlled by 
android itself. The reason I use them is because they do not require my app to 
be in the foreground, and because a lot of the errors come from parts of my app 
that don't have any UI.

Original comment by jondwil...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2011 at 4:24

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