Consistent, clear application start-up notifications

[Davor]

Great idea. It MUST be done.


Dana Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:18:50 +0200, Dereck Wonnacott <dereck at gmail.com>  
napisao/napisala je:

> For sure that would help my grandpa, he's got an older computer, running
> Ubuntu 8.10 still, and he gets frustrated when things don't open right
> away... He then ends up opening 8 copies of firefox or some .odt file. I
> think some sort of pulsing icon would be the most recognizable thing for  
> him
> to understand that "the program/file is loading, please wait a minute."
>
> As a side note, when I travel home for Christmas, he's getting a nice new
> computer with 11.10, so I hope that's not an issue any more for him, but  
> I'm
> sure there are plenty others out there in a similar boat.
>
> ~Dereck
>
> “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high  
> and
> falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” -
> Michelangelo
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Ricflomag <ricflomag at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On aging or low-end computers, most applications take several seconds to
>> start. In many cases (in particular when opening a file from nautilus  
>> or the
>> dash), there is no notification of the pending operation, which is  
>> confusing
>> and frustrating.
>>
>> A solution might rely only on bettering the existing notification
>> mechanisms (wait cursor / pulsing launcher icon).
>>
>> But Unity could have a more consistent and clear start-up notification
>> system that would be triggered independdently of how an application is
>> started (whether directly from the launcher, on opening a file, or from
>> another application).
>>
>> Any other questions on this matter ?
>> Plans, ideas ?
>>
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