Re: A Proposal For The Addition Of Color-Reactiveness To The GNOME Desktop

[Rob Browning <rlb cs utexas edu>]

Bowie Poag <bjp@primenet.com> writes:

> C = Clear, G = Green
> 
> Doing Nothing        CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (Solid clear)
> Running              GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (Solid green)
> Alert                CGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCGCG (Fast blink)
> Waiting              CCCCCCCGCCCCCCCGCCCCCCCGCCCCCCCG (Slow blink)
> Connecting..         CCGGCCGGCCGGCCGGCCGGCCGGCCGGCCGG (Normal blinking)
> Downloading..        CGGCGCGCGCCCGGGCGCCGCCCGCGGGGCCG (Random blinks)
> 
> See? With only two different colors, we're already able to depect five
> different operational states, just by making them blink in different ways.
> This demonstrates the flexibility I was talking about earlier. 

But what if the app wants to flash the light at a frequency directly
proportional to the download rate?

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Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
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