Re: [Usability] Removing GNOME splash screens?

[Nadyne Mielke <nmielke acm org>]

At 05:28 PM 10/20/2004, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> I just wanted to mention that if we're looking at alternatives to the
> splash screen, I believe that a progress bar is better than an hourglass
> cursor.  The progress bar shows PROGRESS, while the cursor just shows
> that the computer is busy doing something ... anything.
> The progress bar is more informative, and much easier to interpret and
> see.

The guidelines for the commericial product on which I work say that an 
hourglass should be used if the delay is less than 2 seconds, and a 
progress bar otherwise.  Do note that this guideline is used in my Real 
Job, which isn't currently in the open source world; IMHO, it's a 
reasonable guideline anyway.

/nm