File copying dialog

[Rolf Magnus]

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 18:15, Torsten Rahn wrote:

> Well I guess it makes only sense for transfers which last quite long. In
> that case the user leaves the PC (or switches to another desktop e.g.) and
> wonders if the file-copying dialog has disappeared
>
> - because of a crash
> - or because it is just hidden in a taskbar or behind a window
> - or because the download/large filetransfer was successful
>
> such transfers don't need to be non-local (although most of them will
> probably be downloads).

And I know the oposite way. I sometimes wait in front of the computer, doing 
some other stuff with it while downloading. I once did that with IE, and I 
was waiting and waiting and waiting, and wondered why the download still 
wasn't finished (i.e. the window was still there). When I looked closer, I 
found out that the download has been finished a while ago and the dialog just 
didn't close. I never used IE again after that :-)
I think we should more concentrate on improvig the option to show all the 
downloads together in one window, maybe with the option to remember finished 
downloads and some easy way to get the window on screen (e.g. a systray 
icon). Maybe also integrate more download manager functionality into it.