Re: [PATCH] Visual notification when opening stuff in nautilus (was Re: What is the official way to get an icon coordinates from a NautilusFile ?)

[Jaap Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>]

Nelson Benítez wrote:
> El vie, 03-06-2005 a las 13:09 -0400, Vincent Noel escribió:
> <snip>
>
> > It adds zooming boxes in nautilus when you activate one or several
> > icons in an icon view, either folders or files. In the case of
> > folders, the zooming boxes expand to the position of the newly opened
> > folder. It works in spatial or browser mode (but not yet in list
> > view).
> >
> > This kind of animation is really helpful because 1. it provides a
> > visual notification that nautilus has registered your click (no more
> > double-clicking on openoffice files and wondering if something is
> > actually happening) and 2. it provides a strong visual link between a
> > folder icon and its opened window. (3. it looks nice :-))
> >
> > Comments ?
>
>
> I ve tried it and the zooming boxes are so faster that I almost didnt
> noticed them, in fact I had to concentrate to view them and cause I know
> they were there from the patch,, I tried to launch a slower app like
> epiphany and zooming boxes "flashes" in the first instant almost
> invisible and all time that happens till the application appears runs
> with any feedback to the user to tell it the application is
> launching :(...
>
> I think a simple animated cursor to show in the "waiting time" could do
> all the job, although I know this maybe belongs to notification-startup.

I tried it also and also did not notice any difference.

Jaap