Can you explain what is different between setting cursor to busy instead of setting cursor to watch? Why does setting cursor to bust "eat cycles"?
This is now a second reason not to use setting cursor to busy. The first being that it tells the user something is seriously wrong (I didn't know this one). I assume that seeing the watch just means wait a moment something is going on that is supposed to take time. (I see the watch cursor all the time when I run windows stuff). Brevity and errors in this email probably the result of being sent by a mobile device. > On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:50 AM, "FlexibleLearning.com" > <ad...@flexiblelearning.com> wrote: > > Setting the cursor to busy eats cycles and adds a time-overhead. > > Personal preference is to simply 'set the cursor to watch' for any actity > lasting up to a few seconds, or a progress bar updated every nth iteration > (such as n mod 100 =0) for longer routines. For indeterminate activity > length, I use an animated gif such as a barber's pole. > > Short answer is I haven't used 'busy' in a long time. > > 2p/2c > > Hugh Senior > FLCo > > > _______________________________________________ > 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