[PATCH] BUG 189643 Taskbar should be animated while program is starting

[Sebastian Kügler]

Hi Peter,

On Saturday 18 July 2009 16:05:02 潘卫平(Peter Pan) wrote:
> "In KDE3, when I start a programm, the taskbar-panel shows a
> turning-sand-clock while the programm starts. I would like that back in
> KDE4."
>
> I try to make a patch to fix this BUG, but I don't known how to realize
> a turning-sand-clock effect, so I choose icons like go-up, go-next,
> go-down and go-previous to test my code.
>
> I really want to realize a turning-sand-clock effect, but I don't known
> how to do it. Maybe some icons should be added?

I really like the idea, I often find myself being unsure if a window is 
already opened, or if the application is still starting up. Having something 
show that it's still busy loading would make this more clear.

> Any comments are warmly welcomed!

Maybe just changing the opacity of the icon, or the taskitem to create a 
pulsating, yet subtle effect?

There's also the busy widget, which is used as overlay to applets that 
setBusy(true) (though I think the pulsating opacity would look more 
appealing).

Cheers,
-- 
sebas

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