Comments on: Silly Preferences http://www.postal-code.com/binarycode/2008/05/02/silly-preferences/ A whole bunch of nought thought by Chris Cummer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: chris http://www.postal-code.com/binarycode/2008/05/02/silly-preferences/#comment-3093 chris Sun, 04 May 2008 22:45:43 +0000 http://www.postal-code.com/binarycode/?p=189#comment-3093 Mac OS already provides a plethora of UI elements that indicate the load status of an application: Dock icon, menu bar application name, menu bar itself. Non-functional splash screens are just gratuitous. However if the application takes a long time to load, as do many games and apps such as Photoshop, then the proper action to take is, as you note, some form of load progress indicator. Mac OS already provides a plethora of UI elements that indicate the load status of an application: Dock icon, menu bar application name, menu bar itself. Non-functional splash screens are just gratuitous.

However if the application takes a long time to load, as do many games and apps such as Photoshop, then the proper action to take is, as you note, some form of load progress indicator.

]]> By: Phillip Gawlowski http://www.postal-code.com/binarycode/2008/05/02/silly-preferences/#comment-3092 Phillip Gawlowski Sun, 04 May 2008 19:59:10 +0000 http://www.postal-code.com/binarycode/?p=189#comment-3092 At least a splash screen should be cut if the environment provides a visual clue that yes, the application is starting, no need to click on the icon the third time. Otherwise, it should be there to provide visual feed back that the app is loading. And if it takes longer than 2 seconds, it should provide a progress bar, too. Also known as the 'multiple form submission' for web applications. At least a splash screen should be cut if the environment provides a visual clue that yes, the application is starting, no need to click on the icon the third time. Otherwise, it should be there to provide visual feed back that the app is loading.

And if it takes longer than 2 seconds, it should provide a progress bar, too.

Also known as the ‘multiple form submission’ for web applications.

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