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[supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, after reading all of your comments I think that an option as the
libreoffice quickstarter would be the best: one could decide which app
make fast, just as now we do with libreoffice.
Anyway these feature are maybe matter of each program, so I should
contact developers of Nausilus, Firefox, Totem and so on...unless we
couldn't develope a feature that applies in the same way the programs
that we want.

Maybe I'll post it to Ubuntu developers.

Thanks a lot to all,
Supernova

2012/5/28 Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> OK so I read your proposal as using graphics to communicate that the process
> is occuring, even if it is taking longer than usual.
>
> I find that the launcher icon pulsing does not provide enough feedback. When
> you launch a program and it doesn't start for a while, there are (for me
> anyway) two questions:
> 1) Did it actually register me clicking on it?
> 2) Is it actually launching?
>
> The launcher icon pulsing answers question 1 very well (although if
> launching the program from somewhere other than the launcher, it can take a
> little while for the icon to appear)
> It doesn't, however, address number 2. The problem with number 2 is a
> combination of previous experiences. Occasionally when I click a launcher
> icon, it pulses for a while, but the program never launches. On other
> occasions, the program does launch, but it takes considerably longer than
> normal. As it stands, I have no way of determining whether the program is
> simply loading slowly, or if it is stuck for whatever reason.
>
> One program that deals with this issue is LibreOffice, by providing a splash
> screen with a progress bar. Linking to your idea, how about using the
> progress bars on the launcher icons to show that the program is loading, and
> that it is actually progressing?
>
> The mention about the KDE icons on startup was an idea to address a similar
> issue on login. Currently, I enter my password, hit Enter and nothing
> happens. Sometimes the LightDM elements disappear, leaving me with just my
> wallpaper, sometimes they don't. This is particularly frustrating as A) If I
> have entered my password incorrectly, I see the same behaviour (no change ->
> long wait -> 'Incorrect password' message) and B) if login is slow, I am
> left with no feedback that it is actually progressing.
>
> So basically, I liked the idea of non-verbal, more extensive feedback.
> Matt
>
>
> On 28/05/12 03:20, Daniel Hollocher wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Matt Richardson
> <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> +1. A progress related feedback would be really useful. I think we should
>> do the same thing at the login screen. Perhaps something similar to the 4 or
>> 5 icons KDE shows on startup?
>
>
> fwiw, I'm having trouble seeing how this is connected to what I proposed.
>  What negative or frustrated thinking does your idea address?
>
>
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