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 <ricflo...@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 ? > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.**com <ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-**desktop<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop> >
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