On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:54:16 UTC, Michael Kaply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > First, the 'download progress' dialog is kind of borked. See > > this screenshot and look at the elapsed and remaining time totals: > > This has been fixed in the latest nightly. OK. > > Second, when Warpzilla is minimized to the desktop, single-clicking > > on the minimized icon causes the window to restore instantly. This > > is in violation of OS/2 UI standards, and is pretty annoying, too... > > I saw this one. I'll put it on my list. Great, thanks. > > Third, why doesn't Warpzilla use the standard system 'WAIT' mouse > > pointer? I hate to say it, but that combination pointer is > > pretty ugly-looking. > > I'm not sure what to do here - I'll take any suggestions. I have some. :) See below. > I can't use a wait pointer because it doesn't have a hotspot. > I can't use an arrow pointer because people would say "the browser iss > unresponsive" because they wouldn't know it was still busy. > > The message that is trying to be conveyed here is "the browser is busy, > but you can still do stuff" > > How do I convey that? Glad you asked. :) I've done up half-a-dozen 'alternate' WAIT pointers for this purpose. I'd be pleased if you'd take them into consideration... http://members.rogers.com/alextaylor41/wzwait.zip (The best way to get a feel for what they're like is to actually try them out on a system for a while. My personal favourite is WZWAIT07.PTR.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Taylor BA - CIS - University of Guelph [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex -----------------------------------------------------------------
