netMASA wrote:need to start/stop the throbber when loading a page and place a message in the status bar - pretty standard stuff. there seems to be a lot of waiting cursor without any indication anything is happening. can you use a cache to not reload pages already loaded?
Actually from what I found, most people don't use the throbber. I found that out after quite a few bug reports about the two mini icons not being set. That's cause they didn't have the throbber on the toolbar. And it should say "loading message..." in the status bar when such thing is loading.
who do you mean "most people"? your model, if you are pretending to add browsing, should be what Fx does when loading a page, which employs throbber and tells details of what it's loading in statusbar. there's even throbber in individual tabs. check it out.. and Tb comes with one standard on the toolbar..
i suggested using Fx before. why redo the wheel when all this browser stuff has been done, and you can just reuse Fx widgets and methods, and have a professional looking app vs. bits and pieces. anyway, thanks for the great concept, i'll revisit when it's further along.
btw, good to have taken out the snarky bit.