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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: program loading
From:       mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-02-22 14:06:07
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Mark Davis wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, mosfet wrote:
>> >>Don't know how realistic this is but would be real neat if it animated the
>> >>K-Button =)
>> >
>> >Good idea. This would also save space on the panel.
>> >Personally I prefer the "old-style" sandglass cursor. The advantage is that
>> >it is right under user's eyes when he/she clicks on the icon.
>> 
>> If someone wanted to animate the K button that would not be difficult to
>> implement, and I planning animated GIF icon (QMovie) support anyways. I don't
>> think I like the idea of using it as a busy indicator, tho. If people think the
>> blinking light is distracting, a rotating gear would be even more so.
>> 
>> Using a hourglass/arrow cursor I like better, but I still prefer the blinking
>> light. I think all software needs more blinking lights ;-)
>> 
>> Since the indicator is already optional and it's placement in the KPanel layout
>> dynamic, it's also easy to add a optional cursor change. That way let the user
>> decide what he/she wants.
>
>I don't know if this'll make it to the list or not (I haven't
>specifically asked for write access yet), but KDE and this issue
>in particular were mentioned on CNN's website today...
>
>http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9902/19/magid.linux.lat/
>

Heh, well this is being worked on. Somehow it does not suprise me that CNN is
not using the KDE development CVS repository ;-)

Thinking more and more about this, I am thinking maybe it would be a good idea
to add something like busy(bool) to KApplication. 

This can be configured based on a user-defined KConfig entry to either:

a) Store the old cursor, switch it to an hourglass/arrow when true, then
restore the old cursor when switched back.
 
b) Switch on/off the KPanel busy blinker based on KWM module communication.

In this way, we can not only get feedback for things like spawning child
processes, but applications like kmail can also use it.

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