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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Error messages and the status bar
From:       Sven Niedner <niedner () theo-physik ! uni-kiel ! de>
Date:       2000-04-19 10:33:52
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Dirk Hennig wrote:
> change the color depending on its status: Green = waiting for user-input, Yellow =
> working, but ok for user-input, Red = error. That would be quite clear for everyone.

Nice idea, but the top of the window might become a bit crowded,
then. So why not use the title bar of a window to signal a
certain state of the application -- accepting user input (=having
focus), inactive and halted due to an error. This, for shure,
would need a close integration with the window manager.

Ciao,

Sven

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