Shoot - I never considered that. I will look on the LiveCode list of example stacks and see if anyone put one there that I can use.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > Just a suggestion: you might consider using your own custom busy > indicator. This prevents you from having to match any particular > OS/version. Just so you know, the beach ball on OS X is usually > associated with "non-responsive", so probably not the right message to > send to your users when things are working but busy. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 10/8/13 10:12 AM, "william humphrey" <b...@bluewatermaritime.com> > wrote: > > >I was hoping for something that would call the system level "busy" and > >thus > >would work on all platforms. If I roll a pretty rainbow one which looks > >great on the present Mac OS it would fail on the different flavours of > >Windows and probably the next MacOS which very likely will feature a > >"flat" > >beach ball. > > > > > >On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> > >> If you think your users are skittish that way, why not roll your own? A > >> handful of small images that cycle around? > >> > >> > >> > >> Craig Newman > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: william humphrey <b...@bluewatermaritime.com> > >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > >> Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 11:19 am > >> Subject: set cursor to busy > >> > >> > >> Well I've been wondering about this feature. I have "set cursor to busy" > >> whenever something takes more than a second and I see that interesting > >> vintage black and white beach ball. That is fine and really a feature > >> because I'm in the LiveCode developing environment so when LiveCode > >>crashes > >> then I see the colourful system beach ball spin and I know that is > >> different than something from my code. > >> > >> But what about when my code is in a stand-alone? Won't users be > >>confused by > >> that vintage beach ball? Is there another way to say "set cursor to > >>busy"? > >> > >> Perhaps "set new system cursor to busy" or (for old one) "set system 8 > >> cursor to busy?" > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.bluewatermaritime.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription > >> preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >http://www.bluewatermaritime.com > >_______________________________________________ > >use-livecode mailing list > >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >subscription preferences: > >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.bluewatermaritime.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode