On Wednesday 09 May 2001 04:41, Hylton Clarke wrote:
> Again, you are catering for the beginner. That would piss me off no end=
, if
> I had no access to my screen while waiting for something to load. The i=
dea
> of having an hour glass linked to the mouse pointer works fine for me.=20

It works fine for me too. But since I've got an Alienware Area 51 PC I ne=
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see the hourglass anyway ;). I'm suggesting a setting that when enabled w=
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enable a "Please Wait" screen-saver while the application is loading, and=
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disappear when the application is loaded. It's not something I'd ever use=
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but it would be a solution for many administrators out there with a compu=
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illiterate user base.

I think one of the key hurdles for GUI development is the notion that=20
whatever is built has to work for everyone. This is a problem. In my opin=
ion,=20
a GUI should be completed themed, and a given theme could change virtuall=
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everything about the user interface along with certain system preferences=
=2E In=20
this manner you could offer a Novice theme, a Professional theme, a Carpe=
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theme, a Doctor theme, etc. Simply changing the color of the button is a=20
great start, but more needs to be done.=20

Sean.

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