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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: new startup notification code in cvs
From:       Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-05-27 18:57:10
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On Sunday 27 May 2001 19:31, Eric Laffoon wrote:
> On Saturday 26 May 2001 08:18 am, Anders Orebäck wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Regarding the startup notification in current CVS.
> > I actually enjoy this feature.
> > You said you wanted feedback, so here we go.
> >
> > 1.
> > It starts for kio_cache_cleaner or whatever its called.
> > I guess it should not.
> >
> > 2.
> > The busy icon hangs around for too long usually.
> > (Maybe just for konq, like you said.)
> >
> > 3.
> > I really liked it the way it was in the first checkin.
> > Where the busy icon was the icon for the app being launched.
> > (I even thought the blinking was nice;-)
> > Now its always the "generic app" icon which I never liked anyway.
> > (And a lot of times its just grey?)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > ./Anders
>
> I agree with the above and especially the generic app icon. To me the
> generic icon causes me to look at it and wonder what I did. It takes my
> eyes away from the taskbar where it confirms I did not accidentally click
> the wrong icon. I know that I clicked an app with an icon assigned to it
> but the generic icon feels uncertain to me. Why in the world would we
> downgrade this feature? There ought to be some way to have the far more
> useful previous behavior available. (besides using Alt-F2 instead of
> kicker)
>
> I honestly thought the new behavior was a bug.
Me too - and the icon does not go away now :(

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Ferdinand Gassauer
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