On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 08:05:42AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: [cut]
> > But, if you are going to boot slowly and methodically, it helps if there's > signs of progress. There's nothing that gets people impatient better than > something that appears to be taking a long time "doing nothing" ! > Agree! That's why I would warmly suggest mobile devices producers to include a pluggable nixie-tubes display like this: http://ad7zj.net/kd7lmo/images/ground_nixie_front.jpg showing a count-down during boot! I believe that would be a nice form of visual feedback to the users, and given the current size of "mobile" devices, I am sure the users wouldn't mind carrying an additional half a kilogram for having such a nice feature ;) HND Enzo -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
