Re: [Usability] Evolution 2.0

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 01:28:21AM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 10:14:09PM -0500, Gregory Merchan wrote: 
> > I read recently that OmniWeb allowed links to be opened in a new window
> > below the current window.  If the window list could indicate a loading
> > state - e.g., with spinning arrows - and an app could indicate a window
> > should not be raised and focused when mapped, then we would have background
> > loading without tabs.  Just don't let's use this for pop-under
> > ads. ;-)
> 
> All the infrastructure for this is pretty much there, if someone
> wanted to implement it.

The spinning arrows certainly work.

  http://www.phys.lsu.edu/~merchan/spinning-icon.tar.gz

Maybe we can get some new stock images, a simple API, xsetting for rate?

Cheers,
Greg Merchan