I don't agree. If the message, window, or whatever is worth seeing, it
should persist until the user dismisses it. A fixed display time is
going to annoy some (who just want to get on with their work) but its
information will be lost to others (who take their eyes off the screen
to pull papers from a file or pour a cup of coffee).
And of course if it's not worth seeing, it shouldn't be displayed for
any amount of time, but rather written to the log file o perhaps the
trace file.
Windows that do not close without user action obviously do not need a
delay in order to be seen. Nor do ones that do not need to be seen
EXCEPT to prevent user questions like we have been seeing "why don't I
see this anymore?"
Keep in mind that we want "machine independence". The program might want
to display something to indicate "process running" when on machine X
(where tales noticeable time) but that message would flash by on machine
Y where took a fraction of a second. Remember, the program doesn't know
if it will be run on a machine where the external drive is HDD or SSD,
for example.
Personally what I find abominable is something that flashes by so fast I
can't read and so don't know if significant.
Michael
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