On Jan 17, 2010, at 00:58, Grant Christensen wrote: > Thanks for that... I should have thought to check out how Apple did it > themselves. I was thinking a status message would be ok, but wasn't sure > about the progress bar, but then it could all be handled in a text label > anyway... "Downloading update... 10% complete".
While I don't see anything wrong with a small progress bar next to the status message, a circular progress indicator may be more appealing. If it's not extremely important to represent the proportion of the download completed, then an *indeterminate* circular progress indicator's animation is enough to draw attention to the activity represented by the status message, without being a glaring eyesore. (I guess I really mean: without being bright blue.) If it is important, a determinate circular progress indicator, like the one Xcode uses to show build progress, may be more pleasant than a bar. Incidentally, iPhoto, iCal and iTunes all have controls in their bottom bar. So do Mail, Pages and Numbers, in a way. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
