I was hoping for something that would call the system level "busy" and thus would work on all platforms. If I roll a pretty rainbow one which looks great on the present Mac OS it would fail on the different flavours of Windows and probably the next MacOS which very likely will feature a "flat" beach ball.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi. > > > If you think your users are skittish that way, why not roll your own? A > handful of small images that cycle around? > > > > Craig Newman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: william humphrey <b...@bluewatermaritime.com> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 11:19 am > Subject: set cursor to busy > > > Well I've been wondering about this feature. I have "set cursor to busy" > whenever something takes more than a second and I see that interesting > vintage black and white beach ball. That is fine and really a feature > because I'm in the LiveCode developing environment so when LiveCode crashes > then I see the colourful system beach ball spin and I know that is > different than something from my code. > > But what about when my code is in a stand-alone? Won't users be confused by > that vintage beach ball? Is there another way to say "set cursor to busy"? > > Perhaps "set new system cursor to busy" or (for old one) "set system 8 > cursor to busy?" > > Any ideas? > > -- > http://www.bluewatermaritime.com > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.bluewatermaritime.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
