[Paraview] Indication of delay between interactive and still render?

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

That's neat idea...let's stick with that. I've added a feature request:
http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=10893

Utkarsh



On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, David Thompson <dcthomp at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>> All are good suggestions but won't it confuse people into thinking
>> that paraview is busy doing something which may result in people
>> waiting to interact until the overlay disappears which till have
>> totally reverse effect :).
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> Well, then we'll have to come up with some subtle psychological twist to let people know. Perhaps the overlay could be of a prone person who, after 2 seconds, stands up and performs calisthenics until the still render is complete. ;-)
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> Or more seriously, the overlay could be present during all interactive rendering and just start "counting down" (I still prefer a clock-like wedge to a countdown, especially given that it's a short 2-second interval) when the mouse is released. That way the overlay's presence indicates interactive rendering, a modified form would indicate the still rendering is being performed, and its absence indicates that the image is a completed still rendering.
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>        David
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>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Sebastien Jourdain
>> <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> Me too but as a count down...
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell
>>> <marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:31 PM, David Thompson <dcthomp at sandia.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is really a good point. The more I use it, the more I realize
>>>>>> this is absolutely essential. But how ? :). What could serve as a good
>>>>>> indication?
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Different colors on the border surrounding the pane (but this competes
>>>>> with the red/blue indicating which pane is "Active")
>>>>> 2. An LED-like glyph in the pane's title bar?
>>>>> 3. A small overlay in one corner of the pane? (Ken's favorite: a pie chart
>>>>> showing either time remaining before a still render or time spent waiting
>>>>> for a still render to finish. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> You beat me to it - I was just writing we could add a small overlay in a
>>>> corner of the display to give the user a subtle visual cue. Option 3 gets my
>>>> vote too ;-)
>>>> Marcus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just got a chance to try out the new feature that pauses for 2 seconds
>>>>>>> between the last interactive render and the still render to give you a
>>>>>>> chance to make further movements
>>>>>>> (http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=10232).  Totally cool.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One thing I noticed though is that there is no indication of an
>>>>>>> intentional
>>>>>>> pause.  Is there a subtle way to let the user know when the interface is
>>>>>>> pausing and when it is busy rendering?  Or is it fine the way it is?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Ken
>>>>>>>
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