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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: program loading
From:       "Yannai A. Gonczarowski" <yannaigo () leyada ! jlm ! k12 ! il>
Date:       1999-02-22 14:29:55
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I haven't seen what this looks like, but from what I understand, there's one
blinking light for all apps.

What I would like to see is some feature which will tell you which (or at
least how many) apps are loading (suppose you click on two icons quickly one
after the other - how will you know if both clicks were recognized by the
system?).

The animated icon would've solved that, but not for menu entries.

Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?


mosfet wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pietro Iglio wrote:
> >At 06.46 22/02/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Yes itīs cool!
> >>> But it has some flaws. Itīs hard to recognize although Iīm currently
> >>> running an 800x600 resolution. I believe in the last discussion there
> >>> was a majority for not making it an blinking LED but a turning KDE gear.
> >>
> >>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.
> 
> 

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Regards,
Yannai.

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