Re: 'file operation in progress' indicator?
- From: Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:50:24 +0100
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:20 AM, <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I've just evaluated r2144 and the spinner works quite nicely to
>> indicate 'progress' in a clear manner. One issue is that it works for
>> two operations, while for the third the spinner disappears and only
>> 'Working' appears, while for the subsequent nothing at all appears in
>> the status pane. To replicate, select a file and hit <f2>, then <esc>
>> select another file and <f2>, and so on for 4-5 times. (It may be
>> important to perform this sequence quickly.) Towards the end of this
>> trial neither 'Working' nor the spinner will appear.
>
> Fixed now, in svn.
>
I'm still getting this in r2148. Sometimes the spinner doesn't appear
on first try in a new session.
>>
>> The other minor 'issue' is the wording 'Working'. I feel that the
>> previous 'In progress' was more appropriate for the job, even if it'd
>> take more space. But that's not very important.
>
> IMHO if a subject is omitted, the implied subject is the application itself
> i.e. "in progress" seems like "emelfm2 in progress" which is not so helpful.
> Hence the normal display is "file operation in progress". Whereas "busy", or
> "working", by itself implies that the application is busy/working, which is
> ok.
>
I understand. I think 'Busy' is a good and intuitive alternative to
both 'working' and 'in progress'. Regards
Liviu
> Regards
> Tom
>
>
> --
> Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to
> emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by
> logging into the web interface.
>
--
Do you know how to read?
http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader
Do you know how to write?
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
--
Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to
emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by
logging into the web interface.
Other related posts:
