[4855] in testers
Re: Program launch feedback and launch speed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Thu Jun 21 16:50:07 2001
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cc: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@mit.edu>, Abby Fox <ajfox@mit.edu>,
testers@mit.edu, aui@mit.edu, sbjones@mit.edu
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:48:09 -0400
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
> Instead of popping up something extra to indicate the app is
> starting, how about playing with the launch menu itself? Would it
> be possible that when an app is selected/launched the menu stays up
> for a (half- ?) second or so, and the selected app listing, say,
> blinks? That would be all the clue I think anybody would need that
> they'd really launched it and prevent double launchings.
That sounds ideal. Unfortunately, I think it means we would have to
make significant code changes to the evolving Gnome panel, which seems
a lot less feasible than merely flipping some switches to turn on
splashscreens...
-B.
