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Re: [Pharo-project] What i would like to have instead of progress bar

by Igor Stasenko

ah, yeah.. one last thing: - do not show the progress, in situations when there is no timely advance is possible, like waiting for server response: just put a notification line.. but no stupid empty progress line which serves no purpose -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.

June 1, 2012

Re: [Pharo-project] What i would like to have instead of progress bar

by Guillermo Polito

REAAALLY Agree to all. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you would ask me (yeah nobody asking me, by i will tell anyways ;) ) > how the indication of a progress of some process should look like, > here's my potential answer: > > > - a tiny one line in a corner of desktop (instead of huge banner > centered in window, > sticking on top of everything and obscuring the view) > - not blocking user input > - no stupid nesting.. i don't care what happens inside of something > else happens.. > if it is really necessary, i would just replace the title of a task > with it's subtask title while it performing. > this is just about first rule: it has to be a single line, not a bunch > of lines stocking one over another.. > i think this is abuse. > > most of the times, i just need a notion of progress of a whole thing, > not progress of it's subthings > (if user really wants, he can hover the mouse over progress line to > see the details, but by default > it should take minimal space on the screen). > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > >

June 1, 2012

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