Re: Determinate NSProgressIndicator without animation?
Re: Determinate NSProgressIndicator without animation?
- Subject: Re: Determinate NSProgressIndicator without animation?
- From: David Remahl <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 14:05:26 +0200
Jonathan,
Jonathan Hendry (JH) wrote at Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:03:48 -0500:
JH> I used a non-animated progress indicator in a PDF reader
JH> project. The widget shows where you are in the document.
JH> (I don't think a scrollbar is ideal for this.)
Well, I'm not an expert of GUI, but somewhat I feel that scrollbar was
actually designed _exactly_ for that.
Correct me please if I am wrong, but I feel this is a question of
consistency: the user sees progress indicator, well! He presumes the
application is performing some lenghty computation, and the thing
informs him
how far it is.
Your notion of what a progress indicator is, is too narrow. The
docs make no mention of computation, just 'lengthy task'.
Wading through an 800 page book ought to qualify.
However, the lack of animation ought to be a good clue.
The user sees scrollbar? Right! He presumes there are some
data of which just part is shown, and the thing informs him which
part, and
how big it is.
What if you have three dimensions?
same-page X
same-page y
page-in-book z
Then a slider or a page accessory view (like the ones in Preview and
Acrobat, would be the most conventional way of solving the problem.
Possibly you could even use a slider for that purpose. Ask the ppl on
the HIG list what they think...
/ david