Application launch notification

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Sun Jan 5 02:49:45 CET 2003


On 01/04/03 16:11, manny rosa wrote:
> One major drawback I've noticed with most window
> managers is that when you launch an application,
> especially one like mozilla or OpenOffice, the only
> way to know that the program is actually starting is
> to open up a terminal and type ps -a. The krellm2
> monitor helps a bit but it would be nice if (similar
> to sluggish KDE) the taskbar shows some form of
> notification. Or maybe have the mouse pointer change.
> Just something. 

Call me crazy, but i like that behavior.  I don't want cutesy mouse 
pointers or other ornamentation.  I'd be using KDE if i did.

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