proj-imim:
Re: download feedback
Aldo Hoeben 2000-Apr-27 14:57:27
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bauer, Willi" <#removed#>
> > > Loading.......................................
> > You could implement that yourself, by using an animated gif as the wait
> > image.
> Thats right! see that example:
> http://www.kulturmeile.nuernberg.de/Java/Java_12.htm
>
> Willi Bauer
>
I wouldn't use a progressBAR though. The bar suggests you know how long it
is going to take, and if the bar just starts over again it doesn't seem
'fair': your audience expected the loading process to be done, but it jst
continues.
Instead, use I'ld use something like a blinking cursor or 'modem-led'
(doesn't suggest amount of progress, does suggest something is happening) or
a clock-like display (as clocks DO start over).
'do