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| From | "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? |
| Date | 2015-03-21 09:30 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mejrna$ucm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <mei95j$em5$2@dont-email.me> |
"DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in message news:mei95j$em5$2@dont-email.me... > Is there anyone here that has a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux? > > Hello? Anyone? > > > > It's a simple usability issue. > > Bug: the default in xfce (thru 4.10) is to not have a 'busy' mouse cursor > that lets you know the system is doing something, like launching an app. > > Judging from the number of Internet posts going back eight years, this is > a long-time issue: > > https://www.google.com/search?q=xfce+no+busy+mouse+cursor > > > > Workaround/fix: go to Settings -> Mouse Settings -> Themes and choose a > particular theme that has such a cursor. > > > Suggested Fix: make sure the default mouse theme includes a 'busy' cursor. > > > > Thanks in advance to whoever has a TGTIDL. > I've never been a fan of animated cursors like the current trend to show spinning cursors, rotating circles, etc while an app is starting. I liked the simple cursor they had back in the early NT days which was the standard arrow with a small hourglass in the corner. Providing visual feedback to the user is a well established convention in software. Doing this through the cursor has been the preferred way of doing this because that's already where the users eyes are looking. From a usability perspective it doesn't make sense to take your eyes off the cursor, go find something else in the corner of the screen and then move your eyes+attention back to where the cursor is. Changing the cursor from an arrow to an arrow+hourglass while the system is busy isn't really rocket science. -- "Computers are just a hobby for Apple." <CbgHu.375451$Wm1.345798@fx17.iad> Feb 2, 2014 An "advocate" that's too stupid to realize that just Apple's Mac business alone would easily make it a Fortune 200 company.
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Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 19:07 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 00:12 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 19:25 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 00:46 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 20:25 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 03:33 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-20 21:35 -0700
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:28 -0600
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-21 23:52 -0700
Can some troll who knows him whup Doofus upside the head? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 06:47 -0400
Re: Can some troll who knows him whup Doofus upside the head? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:28 -0600
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:27 -0600
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:27 -0600
DFS scores an own-goal Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 06:42 -0400
Re: DFS scores an own-goal William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-21 12:30 +0000
Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:26 -0600
Re: DFS scores an own-goal owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-22 23:04 +0000
Re: DFS scores an own-goal ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 12:39 +0000
Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:25 -0600
Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:15 -0700
Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:24 -0600
Re: DFS scores an own-goal JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-21 15:39 -0500
Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:17 -0700
Re: DFS scores an own-goal JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-23 09:55 -0500
Re: DFS scores an own-goal vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-03-23 16:49 -0700
Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 12:47 -0700
Re: DFS scores an own-goal "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-22 09:46 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 09:30 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 15:18 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 10:35 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 15:51 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 10:58 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 16:21 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:31 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 16:45 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:56 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-21 16:09 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:23 -0600
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 12:19 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 12:40 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 12:48 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-21 10:08 -0700
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:25 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:23 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 15:52 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-23 20:38 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-24 10:25 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 18:02 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 13:36 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 20:40 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-22 08:48 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 12:43 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 17:58 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2015-03-21 18:12 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 14:33 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-21 18:09 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-22 10:11 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-22 11:36 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 18:21 +0100
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 14:48 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-21 15:09 -0400
Most everyone here is running old software/hardware. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-03-26 19:56 -0700
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:17 -0600
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:22 +0000
Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve COLA report a troll? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 15:50 -0400
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve COLA report a troll? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 22:00 +0000
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-22 09:18 -0700
Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-22 22:49 -0400
Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 17:14 -0700
Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-23 20:24 -0400
Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-24 05:04 +0000
Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-24 08:32 -0400
Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-24 16:18 +0000
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