Fried Fish

Darin, Is there any specific URL access pattern you want testers to try. I have been playing with your build for an hour or so on Windows 2K and its good so far

Yusuf,

Good question... it's probably a good idea to focus on loading pages that load frames and images from many different domains, and try pressing STOP during page load. also, try going offline while a page is loading, or try shutting down the browser while a page is loading.

Thanks for the build, it's working well so far on Win2k (IPv4), I'll test it tomorrow for IPv6.

I'm not the most vigorous surfer, but I've not had problems: win98SE

-R

Well, actually, I just visited http://www.theregister.co.uk/ and pressed the on/offline toggle icon during load. From then on, the app seemed to have trouble determining if it was on or off line. I could not get a reload unless I pressed shift+reload. When it began to reload, I toggled again. After that, I could not get a reload regardless, only a busy cursor.

-R

Thanks for the feedback Ran. I'll see if I can't repro that problem.

the RH9 wfm on Mandrake 9.1 + IPv4: browsing seems a little faster (simultaneous DNS req ?), no issue when switching off VPN connection while Mozilla was active (no need to go offline/online), Mozilla didn't hang at exit after switching DNS with VPN neither. Nice build so far.

More...
Toggling to offline during page-load *then pressing stop* seems to be the real show-stopper. As a matter of fact, after doing so, I cannot reload the page either by pressing the bookmark on the toolbar or by going back and forward -- just busy cursor. And the statusbar gives no indication of attempting to connect or resolving host.

-R

Furthermore...
The toggle online/offline icon and the Work Offline menu item appear to get out of synch when you toggle back online with the icon. Probably strictly a chrome issue, but thought I'd mention it.

-R

I'm 100% behind your idea with the
Personal Toolbar. It's very much
the same kind of simplification as
when we got rid of the Bookmark
Group bookmarks with just making every
folder a potential group.

For my Paint application, I created a series of icons to simulate a rendering algorithm. While the application is performing this CPU-intensive task, you can always see the status of the document by the icon changing in the Dock.

Help! Did you include help tags in your applications? (I'd be lost without them.) Also, be sure to take extra time to develop your other help files. The Apple Help Viewer supports HTML, QuickTime, and also AppleScript. Take advantage of it! There isn't anything I hate more than going to the Help menu and finding there isn't any help.

Dock Animation. Sometimes animating icons in the dock can be useful in communicating the status of the system or application.

So far in these articles, I have only dipped a toe or two into Aqua's pool. I have covered basic aspects of building an Aqua-compliant application, including the building of photo-illustrative/3D application icons. Now it's time to address other components of our Mac OS X application.

In building your amazing Aqua application, one of the most important things to consider is the Dock. There are three things your app needs to be "Dock Compliant." Now, I write this knowing that the Dock will be going through some major changes soon, but for the most part, these should still hold true.

You Must Promise. To call your mother, to help old ladies cross the road, and to turn your cell phone off at the movies.

To put my money where my mouth is, in each new article I'll build a hypothetical application that illustrates the guidelines I'm covering. Today's application is called "Paint" and will be based on the photo-illustrative icon I created in my last article. Together we will complete each step, and by the end of the project we should have a well-designed, 95%-100% Aqua-compliant application. I'll leave some room for personal preferences and the fact that Apple changes the OS every few months.

If an application is designed well, the reward for users is that they will learn it faster, accomplish their daily tasks more easily, and have fewer questions for the help desk. As a developer of a well-designed application, your returns on that investment are more upgrade revenue, reduced tech support, better reviews, less documentation, and higher customer satisfaction. The rewards of building a good-looking Aqua application are worth taking the extra time.

So far in these articles, I have only dipped a toe or two into Aqua's pool. I have covered basic aspects of building an Aqua-compliant application, including the building of photo-illustrative/3D application icons. Now it's time to address other components of our Mac OS X application.

User Assistance. This is helping the user with the proper "next step" when performing a task. Less guesswork for the user on what to do next makes for a better experience.

Some nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

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