Idea #5825: Ideas for "leave message"

Written by thomashax the 27 Mar 08 at 11:55. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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When you lock your computer under gnome/ubuntu, there's a "leave message" button, where people can leave messages.

I really like this feature, so I was thinking that now where more and more laptops get shipped with build-in webcams, it could be fun and useful with the possibility for attaching a picture taken with your webcam together with the message.

Also a small field to enter your name would be great.

And maybe a limit for how many messages that can be leaved. Maybe customizable (I don't know if a similar feature already exists)

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wrapper wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 11:58

Great. Especially the field for a name, it would be great to know who leaves a message.

Auzy wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 13:16

Excellent idea

XVIIarcano wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 13:49

Well... for who leaves the message, wouldn't it be enough to jus sign it?

Leaving the webcam seems a great idea instead... this way one could also whach who approaches his pc while he is away, perhaps activated when the mic "hears" some movement, to avoid excessive disk usage... or pehap it is only the paranoid spy-story fan in me which is having a leap up ;)

RassaH wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 15:16

would be a nice idea, indeed

but i think i know what wrapper would use it for ^^ (offtopic inside joke)

elisee wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 19:50

Good idea.

As of now, the message you're leaving only appear in a libnotify popup. A button to open up the "full message" in a new window, allowing copy / paste / url clicking / etc. would be great.

Eldmannen wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 21:36

Good feature, but rarely used feature.

Keep it simple.

Eldmannen wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 21:37

Don't need a field to enter name, it just makes it more complicated.

People can write "call me /mom"

Lex wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 00:54

Yes, keep it simple and don't bring in game any webcams.

It will be useful if message will contain TIME. Something like:

Message from 12:13

Call me
Lex

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