[Desktop12.04-Topic] Consistent, clear application start-up notifications

[Ricflomag]

Just adding [Desktop12.04-Topic] in the subject so that it gets proper 
attention (I forgot it in the initial post).

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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 ?


El 09/10/11 15:54, Davor escribió:
> 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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>>>
>>>
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