On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:54:16 UTC, Michael Kaply 
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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.)


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