[IPython-dev] Kernel busy/idle indicators in notebook

MinRK benjaminrk at gmail.com
Tue Jan 21 12:14:42 EST 2014


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Matthias BUSSONNIER <
bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:

> One problem that I can see is that running and idle are not the only
> indicators in the notification area.
> I can think at least of restart and interrupt (for the kernel).
>
> One could change the Notification Area API from (text), to (icon, text,
> hovertext, color) and use
> http://fontawesome.io/icons/ (form control section for example)
> To have more discrete indicators.
>

That's true, but I think busy/idle are sufficiently special cases that they
can be pulled out of the notification area. An always on little icon seems
sensible.


>
>
> Css could probably be used to have fading transition more subtle.
>
> --
> M
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>
> Le 21 janv. 2014 à 03:22, Fernando Perez a écrit :
>
> > good point, thx!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Jon Wilson <jsw at fnal.gov> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Please, for the sake of those with red/green color blindness (several
> > percent of the male population), do not default to red/green
> > distinctions to convey important information (without other
> > distinctions).  I could be happy with a little button that switches from
> > green to red, so long as it also changes, for example, its textual
> content.
> > Regards,
> > Jon
> >
> > On 01/20/2014 07:56 PM, Fernando Perez wrote:
> > > We'd toyed with having a little button that would switch from green
> > > (idle) to red (busy), but it may be visually a bit too jarring.
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