> > Nothing, actually.. since it's never modal like that.
> Yeah, right...
> Dirk, when my web browser is thinking (this is on Unix/X-Windows), it
> puts up a small wristwatch cursor.
What browser is this? I've _NEVER_ seen a wristwatch (ahem, not an
hourglass =) on my linux machines. I think the wristwatch may show up on
Solaris though, I recall seeing it when it's under extreme loads.
> My Mac OS X machine puts up a small multi-color spinning disk for the
> cursor when something is going on and the machine is momentarily
> unresponsive, which I prefer; is there any way to animate the icons?
My whole point was that it's very rare to see a Linux machine
"unresponsive". Applications can get bogged down, but even something like
Mozilla for example allows another tab to be loaded while it's busy doing
other things, or ^N another instance and work in that. Threading is your
friend =) Then again, I push my machines pretty hard.
It's moot. Palm is not using a Microsoft UI, nor should we.
Note: I never said I was against a different "thinking" indicator, I
have always maintained that the hourglass was wrong (in it's current
position), and if the hourglass is decided to stay (because it is there to
"bridge the gap" between the Microsoft desktop environment and the Palm
environment), then it belongs in the center of the screen (see previous
message regarding Palm UI Design Guidelines where this is the recommended
approach).
If the hourglass it's not going to stay and neither are the
"thought-bubbles", let's at least make it something that makes sense there;
watchface, spinning hypnotic disk, a dog wagging it's tail, _SOMETHING_.
I can't believe we're still arguing about which makes more sense
here, "thought-bubbles" or an hourglass. I can hear Mike N. laughing at this
all the way over here.
[dd]
