Re: Progress gauge review
Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
i have seen no other application that intrusively resizes the main
window in order to display a progress gauge. both vc++ and ie,
which are modern, fully gui apps, use a much smaller progress gauge
that fits in the status bar [the echo area equivalent].
why can't we do the same?
I strongly agree here -- in fact I've asked the same question myself.
IMO a progress gauge should be located in the echo area, replacing the
traditional echo area messages. Or, the messages can remain on the
right-hand side of the gauge. Something like:
| |
| |
+----modeline---------------------+
|<------%------> Fontifying... |
+---------------------------------+
My `small' progress gauge was modeled after that, but it still
displayed in a gutter rather than in the echo area where it should be.