[Pachy-Dev] Items in Mantis that need feedback...

[Joshua Archer]

So, it looks like we need a redesign of this functionality.

On Feb 23, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Tom Hapgood wrote:

>> Mantis ID: 671
>> Title: Status Bar insufficient for large files.
>> Reporter: Joshua Archer
>> Assigned to: Liang Shao
>> Feedback requested by: Joshua Archer
>> Question: The problem is that the current download progress bar  
>> only shows
>> movement when the file download status changes, and so files of  
>> large size
>> will show no progress and no movement until the file has finished
>> downloading. This could confuse the user, who might think things  
>> have locked
>> up. We need to show some sort of constant movement in the download  
>> status.
>> Liang reported the issue fixed in revision 1028, but Joshua  
>> inspected the
>> current version and nothing appears to have changed.
> *** This is a problem. I'm using several videos that I could crunch
> down only as far as about 4MB - 5MB each and it essentially renders
> the loading bar useless.

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Joshua Archer
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