Re: blinking widgets...

[Egon Andersen <post talura dk>]

Ben Johnson wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I can configure my Debian unstable gnome apps "ring" visibly when the
> system bell rings.  I like that.  Also, I noticed that Windows XP will
> do something similar when a modal dialogue is active and you try to
> click on some other piece of the application to get your attention.  I
> like the Windows blinky thing a lot.  it's very effective and intuitive,
> imho.
>
> I want to do something similar in my app.  I'm going to end up with a
> page full of options the user will need to choose from.  Some options,
> once chosen, will require the selection of some other options.  I think,
> instead of showing an error message in a little annoying dialogue that
> no one will ever read and requires someone to press OK, I'll make a way
> to blink the possible options.
>
> I'm thinking, to do this, I'll make an object...  an object call
> BlinkWidgetsGroup or something like that.  To use it, you instantiate it
> then add, one at a time, any widget that you want to have blink.  Then
> you can optionally set things like the duration of a blink, the color(s)
> to use, maybe some sort of "blink style" (like "focus-on-off", or...
> "background-light-dark", and so on).  Then call the blink function.
> hrm.  and maybe you can have it destroy itself when it's done blinking
> too.
>
> What do you think?  useful?  Does something like that exist?  Is there a
> better, easier, more flexible, (or whatever) way to do it?  worthwhile?
>
> - Ben

I'll look forward to a solution of this kind.
I've made a simple and dirty solution for something like that and my 
customers are pleased.
(Some people on this list would probably vomit, as my solution does not 
go well with themes.)

So I'm positive.

Best regards
Egon Andersen