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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kdesktop wait cursor
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-05-08 16:00:21
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What about if you launched the app from the menus? ;-) MacOSX is what
happens when you give Apple developers crack :P

I'm against the popup window myself. These are very annoying and it
won't be the same size or position of the application window anyways, so
it's just a waste of space. I could see if you could do a "preview
window" for an app that would become the application's window when it
finally loaded, but you have no idea what geometry to use so would just
be annoying IMHO.

Stephen Yates wrote:
> 
> >===== Original Message From kde-look@kde.org =====
> >On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 01:31:21PM +0200, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
...snip...
> 
> Mac OS X indicates that an app is loading by making it's icon in the Dock
> bounce up and down.  How about changing/animating the icon that has been
> clicked on to launch the app?  That way no screen space would be needed to
> show that the app is loading (personally I find splash screens very annoying),
> and the taskbar wouldn't have to be visible on screen.  How hard would it by
> to have the app icon spin or bounce while the app is loading?  Or if that is
> too flashy and distracting how about having a small icon such as an hourglass
> appear on the app icon to indicate that it's doing something?
> 
> Steve
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