On 1/17/06, karderio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 08:26 +0100, Stefan Kost wrote: > > Hi, > > > > karderio wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering if there was any sort of dogma concerning splash screens > > > for GNOME applications. > > > > > > Seeing as there are virtually no GNOME apps that use splash screens, I > > > would guess that they are not necessarily recommended. The only purpose > > > I can see them serving is showing feedback for application startup, for > > > applications that take some time to start (I'm thinking openoffice). > > > > > > Is there any way that startup feedback could be presented to the user > > > other than with a splash screen ? For example, when you have an > > > applicationX starting, instead of the "Starting applicationX" in the > > > window list, could you not have "Starting applicationX - Step Y" and > > > change this as the startup progresses ? > > > > > > Love, Karderio > > > > This indee sounds good. I don't like it when splsh screen covering my > screen > > space. What about having a progressbar inside the window list. Thus > immediately > > after starting the app, the window-list entry would appear with a > progressbar > > inside. > > Would it not be hard (impossible) to calculate the percentage of time > until the end of startup for the progressbar ? Would you not have to add > specific code to each application ? If you wanted some sort of > indicator, would a throbber not be more appropriate ? I would think > textual output could be interesting, such as "Starting Bluetooth Client > - Connecting to remote device" or "Starting OpenOffice - Initializing > Java", the user would know what he is waiting for, and it would help > with troubleshooting... > > > From the technical pov, we would need a spalsh api, so that we could show > a > > uniformous splash dialog, if there is no window list or the embeded > startup > > status if there is. > > Does this mean there is no way of doing this with the existing libnotify > or such ? I was sort of hoping this would not be too complicated :( > > Love, Karderio > > _______________________________________________
I like the idea of a throbber on the panel because i think startup progress bars and percentages are not really worth the extra effort and code, all a user needs to know is that the app is starting and that's all. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
