Re: [Usability] Splash screens and startup notification

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

hi,
Phil Bull wrote:
<snip>
> My thought was a small rectangle near the notification area or window
> list, with a 'Close' button and possibly a progress bar:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> [app icon] Starting $appname [==========     ] [_][x]
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> The progress bar need not show any text, not even a percentage value.
> Hovering over the rectangle would give a tooltip with the current
> loading status, '4/6 Loading module foo...', '5/6 Acquiring network
> address...' etc. You can close and hide the rectangle using the buttons
> on the right. Hitting the close button kills the app, for example if you
> opened it by mistake. This dialog shouldn't appear unless the app will
> take more than 2-3 seconds to open.
>
> Just an idea.
I like the idea too, but why not reusing the window list entry? Honestly I don't 
want additional boxes on the screen, where people will debate where to put them.

Stefan