Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Wiktowy
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Kalle Vahlman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, well if you don't care about marketing your product/program/platform to its users, you definitely shouldn't follow Apple. Please don't put words in my mouth. How exactly does putting an engineering-centric view

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-11 Thread Aniello Del Sorbo
I do agree with Michael Wiktowy. I did the check too and my applications show a barebone of their UI in less than 3s. Indeed, I have never noticed and slowness in applications startup since I've switched to OS2008. I am not an UI expert (even tho I would like to be), but, from an user point of

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-11 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Michael Wiktowy wrote: Well, I have news for you ... that 3s standard for showing a basic UI has already been met (with the N800 and N810 running OS2008 at least). Actually OS2007 is faster here with my N800 in this regard. When launched repeatedly, both Application Manager and File Mananger

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-11 Thread Kalle Vahlman
2008/3/11, Michael Wiktowy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Kalle Vahlman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, well if you don't care about marketing your product/program/platform to its users, you definitely shouldn't follow Apple. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-11 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Kalle Vahlman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be clear, I'm not an Apple fanboy. I do not like their restrictive way of doing things. But I do acknowledge their expertise in the HCI field, and I think I understand how they manage to produce the compelling

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-10 Thread mike saunby
Here's a thought that might be of some use. Users probably don't care too much if it takes a little longer for programs to terminate. So how about grabbing a screen-shot on exit and caching it for the next time the application starts, rather like caching web pages? Michael

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-10 Thread Glen Ditchfield
Andrew Flegg wrote: Reading the recently released iPhone SDK's Human Interface Guidelines document[1], I came across an interesting idea: every application has a launch image configured which is immediately displayed on launch to improve the user experience. ... I think this is a concept

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-08 Thread Ryan Pavlik
For notification of launch, there is already the tag/notification bubble that pops up in the corner. If you wanted to implement this, you'd probably either have to modify the launcher (dbus?) or each application. Ryan Andrew Flegg wrote: Hi, Reading the recently released iPhone SDK's Human

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-08 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Ryan Pavlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For notification of launch, there is already the tag/notification bubble that pops up in the corner. If you wanted to implement this, you'd probably either have to modify the launcher (dbus?) or each application. Yes, I'd

Re: Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-08 Thread Michael Wiktowy
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Andrew Flegg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I'd imagine this in addition to the bubble, to add an illusion of starting the app quicker. It'd have to be implemented at the dbus/Hildon Desktop/Task Navigator level - rather than each app - as the app in

Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

2008-03-07 Thread Andrew Flegg
Hi, Reading the recently released iPhone SDK's Human Interface Guidelines document[1], I came across an interesting idea: every application has a launch image configured which is immediately displayed on launch to improve the user experience. The theory goes that because the user sees something