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Adam Goryachev wrote:
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Kip, D. - GDI/SNB wrote:
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<pre wrap="">In general, I only want something to blink that requires immediate
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And I want things that are in a 'normal' state to be pretty blended into
the background.
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Personally, I find blinking icons to be quite a problem. I usually have
a tab open on my browser on the bb2.html page, and the blinking icons
can cause major problems for the CPU on some devices (especially my Atom
based netbook, or other low power devices). Previously I replaced my
icons with the nb (non-blinking) versions, but just thought I might add
my voice to the discussion on avoiding animated icons for any state...
ie, I monitor all my customer DSL connections, but when some major
supplier goes offline, I end up with a stack of red status on my screen,
so 200 red flashing animated icons causes a lot of CPU consumption (or
so it seems)....
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I do fully agree with Adam as we experience the same effects. <br>
The blinking icons are really eating too much of CPU for are Sun
Ray based administration Network. <br>
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To circumvent this, we use following static-icons for the "Last change
> 24 hours" type:<br>
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<table summary="Hobbit status icons" align="center" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Color</th>
<td>Recently changed</td>
<td>Last change > 24 hours</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Green: Status is OK</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part1.01070100.01070502@unil.ch"
alt="Green - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part2.03040505.04020001@unil.ch"
alt="Green"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Yellow: Warning</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part3.08060302.01050103@unil.ch"
alt="Yellow - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part4.04060908.05070208@unil.ch"
alt="Yellow"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Red: Critical</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part5.03030300.02040306@unil.ch"
alt="Red - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part6.09000400.04060308@unil.ch"
alt="Red"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Clear: No data</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part7.04080208.09070104@unil.ch"
alt="Clear - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part8.06090404.07050104@unil.ch"
alt="Clear"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Purple: No report</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part9.05020408.06090204@unil.ch"
alt="Purple - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part10.07080501.06040407@unil.ch"
alt="Purple"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Blue: Disabled</th>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part11.02080109.09000702@unil.ch"
alt="Blue - recently changed"></td>
<td align="center"><img src="cid:part12.03050400.03090301@unil.ch"
alt="Blue"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Dominique
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