[maemo-developers] Launch image to increase feeling of responsiveness (a la iPhone)

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Ryan Pavlik <abiryan at ryand.net> wrote:
> For notification of launch, there is already the tag/notification bubble
>  that pops up in the corner.  If you wanted to implement this, you'd
>  probably either have to modify the launcher (dbus?) or each application.

Yes, I'd imagine this in addition to the bubble, to add an illusion of
starting the app quicker.

It'd have to be implemented at the dbus/Hildon Desktop/Task Navigator
level - rather than each app - as the app in question is in the
process of loading. If it could show itself, presumably it would!

At the moment, much of the reaction[1] has been on the negative side
of ambivalent - but I'm hoping to put together a mockup tomorrow
demonstrating it in action (entirely faked). That should give us all
an idea of how well it might work.

Cheers,

Andrew

[1] http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php/jaffa/2008/03/08/improving_application_start_up_usability#comments

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