Re: [g-a-devel]Usability - meat-grinder

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Bill Haneman wrote:

> This would work and ensure that the users saw the end result.
> However if we wished not to require user intervention at
> task-completion, we could add a statusbar instead.

Nautilus now handles this quite nicely for copying files-- the mouse
pointer changes to the 'busy' pointer, but no popup window appears for
the first 5 seconds.  If the operation completes within 5 seconds, a
completion message appears in the status bar.

If the operation hasn't completed by the end of that 5 seconds, only
then does a popup window appear with a progress bar, Cancel button, and
estimated completion time.  In this case, when the operation completes,
a completion message appears in the popup, and the Cancel button changes
to Close.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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