Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?
Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?
- Subject: Re: How to make app login window to look like OS X user login window ?
- From: Michael Ash <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:19:38 -0400
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Chris Williams <email@hidden> wrote:
> So you'd rather the user sits there wondering if this huge, highly complex
> application (like any Office or Adobe app) that takes 10-15 seconds to load,
> even longer on a slow laptop, is actually starting up, or should I click it
> again, or is my computer dead, or "what the heck is going on here"...?
This is why the icon bounces in the Dock. If it's bouncing, it's launching.
I don't really mind splash screens, although I find them to be
pointless. However, if your splash screen does not go into the
background when I click on another app while waiting for your app to
load, then your app goes into the trash instantaneously.
Much better than a splash screen is to *make your app launch faster*.
Usually the startup tasks that take forever can be deferred until
after the basics of the app have been set up. For example, your SQL
connection doesn't need to be set up while the app is launching. Let
it launch, set up your menu bar and welcome window and whatever else
you have, *then* establish the connection. Your icon is no longer
bouncing, your app is "started", and you're in a much better
environment for a long-running task.
Mike
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