Question on the packages

Frank Murphy frankly3d at gmail.com
Mon Jun 16 22:04:01 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 16:42 -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:30:48PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > Then some easy eye-catching trick, have it dissapear if no date flowing,
> > or vibrate. 
> 
> Status widgets should (generally) not show activity or keep changing - they
> draw the eye and distract users. If you actively want to find out if data
> is flowing you can do so

Not when doing a net render, the less mucking about looking for stuff
the better.
You need to know data is passing without going through menus, the flash
\and or color is perfect. and takes nothing extra from processing.
The last thing you need is a power draw.
A quick flash is less distracting then opening a window.

Frank




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