as many know when you don't have the latest CPU you'll have to wait when your computer is ready to compute.
also many handicapped persons, which area doesn't matter, are waiting when their pc is ready to compute.
all other persons watch the LED of their HD, when it goes out.
and watch the mousepointer becomes to standstill.
whatever, the case is, you'll have to WAIT.....
why don't you make a neat little program that can be implemented in any MS OS, Vista included, that tells you by sound and vision:
YOUR COMPUTER IS READY TO COMPUTE.
the idea is seen on Startrek serials which were made by the fabulous Gene Roddenberry.
the computer on board of the Enterprise told their crew members that "she" was "ready to compute".
I have already put it forward to the Development Team of MS, but they said I had to wait when the next SP for Vista comes out.
maybe it can be done in another way by creating a little neat program which you can download and implement.
thkx for your attention, amj2006 out.
your computer is ready to compute
Stephen Turner
I believe most blind users already have software that accomodates the conveyance of this information. if the icon is in a waitstate, many readers or other verbalizers will indicate this. as for seeing users, isn't the hourglass icon enough then
Mike Southerland
thanks for the reply...
but, at one hand you say it ain't no use cause the pc is forever "rambling" / busy
at the other say it isn't a bad idea at all.
I still think about the people who are handicapped and must guess when the darn thing is ready
cause they are eager to begin to compute
still there must be a point when the HD led is gone out, so maybe there be a hook to fetch the entry point of the program requested.
I know it's a long shot, but it must be possible, don't you think
so I'm waiting for the next reply.
Vistator
Sorry, I'm not a programmer at all, the only time I did some assembling in the days when I had a Tandy Color Computer using OS9 from Microware.
But if and it is a big if, those program modules are based on hooks ( a certain address in the system), maybe it is still possible to fetch a program who can do the job.
Hearing the comments from my son, who is a System Administrator at a local bank here, it is a waste of time, cause MS will never implement such stuff.
Ctp Haddock
Andreia M
Please don't use terms like hook and entry point in this way. They have specific meanings, and using them this way just confuses people who read what you've written.
Okay, let's say you've managed to obtain the state of the HD LED, and you've determined that it's made the transition from "on" to "off". Do you play a sound and display a popup message that alerts the user that the PC is now "ready to compute" What happens when the LED transitions between "on" and "off" ten or twenty times in a span of three seconds Do you want to play a sound or display a new message each time
Perhaps a blind user is downloading some music. Everytime the system transfers the contents of the cache in memory to the hard drive, your program would get a notice that the HD is busy and a corresponding notice that the computer is now "ready to compute". This could happen multiple times in the space of a few seconds, depending on the system. Does this user really need dozens of messages per minute telling them "YOUR COMPUTER IS READY TO COMPUTE"
My point wasn't that I think your idea is a bad one -- I don't think that at all. It was just that, from a practical point of view, it's very difficult to determine exactly when the PC is "doing nothing", because it really never is. You'll need to define a certain threshhold of "busyness" below which the PC can be effectively considered idle.
Andrew Grammenos
Not a bad concept, but I'm not sure how useful it would be. There's never a time when a Windows system is doing absolutely nothing. You'd need to set a threshhold of CPU usage above which the system would be considered "not ready". And if you spend that much time waiting, it's probably time to upgrade your PC! The whole point of Windows is that you can be doing multiple things simultaneously -- it's the processor's job to coordinate tasks so they all get done properly, not the user's.
Certainly nothing wrong with the idea, however.
OasisGames
JpLindgren
ba dump bump. chhhhhing!
can you arrange a date with your sister in law for me before the video leaks out I'd like the fantasy to be preserved.
croarty
Isn't that what the hourglass icon is for
Personally I don't find myself staring at any LED, awaiting machine readiness ...
It's pretty easy to tell when my machine is burdened, and when it's not -- it becomes slower to respond when it's busy, simple as that. That's usually a good clue for me to stop opening new apps, and wait for my code to compile, my browser to load, my game to load, etc. etc. The feedback is already pretty inherent in the system, to my mind.
JohnBeagan
No pun intended