Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] startup time

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca genie it>]

Il sab, 2002-10-26 alle 23:56, Shaun Guth ha scritto: 
> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 23:38, MArk Finlay wrote:
> > I vote splash, because I never think that we can get to a stage where we
> > can be sure it will load instantly with any size of library.
> > 
> 
> I agree - There should be less than .4 second delay between when a user
> launches the program and they get some sort of visual feedback on the
> screen.  Any longer and the program is perceived as being 'slow'.
> 
> As a plus, the rhythmbox name is catchy; so it should be easy to inspire
> an artist to create something really groovy for a splashscreen :)
> 
> Shaun
Doh! Everybody loves old splash, but there is a thing formerly knows as
HIG;-)

>From hig/feedback.html:
        * they (= highly responsive apps ;-) provide enough feedback for
          users to understand what they are doing an organize feedback
          according to users abilities to comprehend and react to it
        * they let users know when processing is in progress
        * they let user know or estimate how long lengthy operations
          will take

i've to read all page before, but probably something like this (from
figure 7.7 in hig/feedback.html) is the best hig-compilant splash

 ________________________________________
|________________________________________|
|                                        |
|     <b>Wait, please...</b>             |
|                                        |
|    v    Loading shell                  | 
|    v    Loading interface              | 
|    >    Loading Library                | 
|    [########             ] 120 of 350  |
|________________________________________|


well, it's ugly, but we can add a cool image :-)

BTW probably no window captions and buttons, no _Close button and it may
work as a dialog or, better, as an alert, stopping only rhytmbox main
window

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