Re: [Epiphany] Re: Download Manager

[Igor Lev <hyperf earthlink net>]

On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 23:10, David Adam Bordoley wrote:
> Manuel Clos writes: 
> 
> > 
> > Ummh... a download manager in your desktop background ;) 
> > 
> > Seriously, a notification area applet that shows when you are downloading 
> > something and that informs you when it is done, will be great. 
> > 
> 
> I actually very much agree with this statement. What is needed imo is a ui 
> with two approaches. 
> 
> 1. Transient data transfer information.
> 2. Semi-static access to recently downloaded files or files that are 
> currently being downloaded. 
> 
> 1 can be easily be addressed with a notification area icon and associated 
> window, which is what i believe is basically being addressed here. 
> 
There's a great phoenix/firebird plugin that has small bars underneath
the browser window to show current downloads. They show up as horizontal
bars and can either disappear to persist according to user prefs, and
mousing over them gives you more info. The name slips my mind but having
something as elegant as this would certainly be an improvement, imo at
least, over the current download manager which is a little clunky and
requires extra keypresses that user's can do without. just my 2c :)
> 2 requires a virtual nautilus folder that lists recently downloaded files as 
> well as shows the status of files being downloaded. 
> 
> dave 
> 
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-Igor