Re: Busy-cursor?

[Marcus Brubaker <spoon elpaso net>]

On 4 Jan 1999, Alan Shutko wrote:

> >>>>> "M" == Marcus Brubaker <spoon@elpaso.net> writes:
> 
> M> I think a better idea than this would be a small panel applet to
> M> show disk access and perhaps CPU load.
> 
> But that wouldn't necessarily mean the same thing.  The point of the
> busy-cursor thing, as I understood it, was that it would show that
> there's an app launched from the panel that's on its way, so don't
> keep clicking on it.  

Ideally, all apps that take longer than a few seconds, on average, to load
should use splash screens.  While I'm not entirely opposed to the cursor
idea, I really don't think it is the best solution.

Marcus Brubaker
spoon@elpaso.net
http://www.elpaso.net/~spoon