---Reply to mail from Bill Janssen about Hourglass icon
>> Their response to me telling them its function is to inform you that
>> the application is currenlty busy rendering is "Oh, It's like an
>> hourglass or watchface". I don't see the merit of forcing a learning
>> curve of different icons not used elsewhere.
>
> I've got to agree with Rob here. It's just bad UI design (though
> clever idea) to use the thought bubbles.
If you can't apply real-world experience (i. e. cartoon characters
thinking)
< Begin Learning Curve >
Thought bubbles mean Plucker is thinking
< End Learning Curve >
I don't use Windows (unless threatened at work), but, I was told that
the hourglass meant that the program was waiting for something (a disk
drive, a network connection, or other _external_ event).
That is not the case here.
---End reply
Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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