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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: Preview and Interaction
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () earthlink ! net>
Date:       1999-10-15 13:50:44
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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> #if Dawit Alemayehu
> > I do not know how hard it is to do, but the last point ad3) is similar to what
> > I thought could be a possible solution for a feedback when apps are started. 
> > There was a long discussion a while back about this topic a while back.  What
> > people did not want to do was what Windows does, which is attempt to give
> > feedback through changing the cursor.  But I have several questions regarding
> > this.  Can this work when non-kde apps are launched as well ?  How about when
> > the user clicks on multiple apps at the same time ?
> 
> My idea is simply to create a taskbar entry as soon as an app is started,
> with some indication that it is loading.
> 
> With dcop we should be able to send a signal to kicker/kpanel to say
> that the app has mapped its window, and the taskbar entry can be changed
> to reflect this.

This is a very good solution, however, you are ignoring the fact that some
people could be hiding or even not starting kpanel and/or the task bar.  Then
that solution would not work.  That is/was my only problem with that idea. 
With proposal above ( of course it should be configurable so that those who do
not like it can turn it off ),  you will not have this problem.  You will get a
small popup label telling you which app is being loaded.  It would be even
nicer if it can change colors when it runs into trouble.  But like I said I do
not know if it possible to do this at all ....

> As for non-KDE apps, well, who cares ;)
Well I think people will.  You will definately get bug reports if it works in
only KDE apps.  People would say hey there is not indication when I click on
the Netscape Navigator icon ....

regards,
Dawit A.

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