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: Greg Guerin <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:15:36 -0700
Michael Ash wrote:
I'm not saying that you load it lazily on demand. I'm saying that you
get the app up and running in a minimal fashion, and *then* establish
the connection. Do it immediately, but after you've officially
"launched". If you do it modelessly, then the user can still access
whatever features don't rely on the connection. That might just be the
about box, but maybe that's what they're after. If you do it modally
then at least your dock icon stopped bouncing and you can easily
switch to the app to check on its progress and such.
I suggest showing the long-running action using the app's normal way
of showing long-running actions, whatever that might be.
An example of this is Safari, if it has a home page that takes some
time to load. There's no splash or "loading" screen; Safari just
presents its normal window with its normal "connecting and loading"
indicator, exactly the same as if you'd clicked a link to a page that
takes a long time to load.
If the only possible long-running action for the app occurs at
launch, then an "I'm working" splash screen or other window might
make sense. But if the app has a normal way of showing the user that
an action is taking a long time to complete, I recommend using that
over a specialized launch-only window.
-- GG
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