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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: I miss a watch or hourglass cursor!
From:       Andy Ross <andy () ics ! com>
Date:       1997-08-21 16:19:09
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Bjorn Nordbo wrote:

> 
> I agree with you, but KDE should tell the user that it is working on
> it, like Windows 95 do when it dysplays an hourglass at the top-left
> of the cursor. I don't like the cursor-hourglass approch though, what
> about some kind of indicator on the kpanel?

A blinking outline around the icon it was launched from would be one
option, and very easy to put in.  Maybe a little animation in a corner
(near the clock?  There's an awful lot of space in that corner...) if
the program was launched from a menu.  I agree that changing the cursor
is a bad idea.  Even in the case of windows, very non-portable as it
interferes with Applications' ideas of what they want for their _own_
cursor.

Andy

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