Screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLhWEKchVE
I agree that the new terminology is weird. My original version said "Blah failed to start." and the button said "Close". That made a bit more sense to me since "Stop" implies that something *has* started. -Wade On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/11/4 Gary C Martin <[email protected]>: >> Hi Wade, >> >> Just wanted to ping on this; have been running with your 0001-Notify- >> shell-when-activity-process-terminates.patch and 0001-Added-Close- >> button-to-activity-launcher-rewrote-lay.patch applied to sugar-jhbuild >> for the last ~4 days, and it has been working very well. Some of quick >> comments: >> >> - On just one occasion (have not been able to reproducible) I saw the >> 'Stop' button briefly display before the activity successfully launched. >> >> - I'm trying to find a different error message '<activity> failed to >> start.' now that 'Stop' is the button text. My mind keeps grating >> against the dilemma of stopping something that never actually >> started :-) >> >> - The pulse pause feels a little long, perhaps 1 or 1.5 sec would be >> long enough. I really need to try and get this patch on XO-1 HW and >> see what the launch time savings are like (I'm sure even a 1:1 ratio >> of animation to pause should save us a couple of 2 seconds in many >> cases). >> >> - What ever the final pulse animation timing/pause ends up at >> (assuming we see some XO-1 load improvement) it should also be used >> for the other pulsing animations as well (activity tray activity icons >> when launching, corner notification effects). >> >> Again, fab work! It really makes activity developing test cycle much >> more friendly :-) > > So, do we have a positive vote from the design team on this? Wonder > what would be the best way to get some feedback from the field, is > there already a screencast we can pass around? > > Thanks, > > Tomeu > >> Regards, >> --Gary >> >> On 31 Oct 2009, at 02:06, Sugar Labs Bugs wrote: >> >>> #1447: Display a message when an activity fails to start >>> ---------------------------- >>> +----------------------------------------------- >>> Reporter: wadeb | Owner: wadeb >>> Type: enhancement | Status: accepted >>> Priority: Normal | Milestone: 0.88 >>> Component: sugar | Version: Git as of bugdate >>> Severity: Unspecified | Keywords: >>> Distribution: Unspecified | Status_field: Unconfirmed >>> ---------------------------- >>> +----------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Comment(by wadeb): >>> >>> I posted a brand new patch for Sugar. >>> >>> * Improves the layout so the icon doesn't move when the error appears >>> * Uses Stop as suggested by Gary >>> * Delays for a few seconds between pulses to give the user >>> something to >>> count and potentially improve performance. >>> >>> -- >>> Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1447#comment:10> >>> Sugar Labs <http://sugarlabs.org/> >>> Sugar Labs bug tracking system >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bugs mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/bugs >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > > > > -- > «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. > What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David > Farning > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
