[Kget] [Bug 102285] wish: Kontact-style multiple download progress bars

[Dario Massarin]

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 22:03, Jens B.Benecke wrote:
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> The main characteristics are:
> - use multiple lines (one for filename, one for progress bar, the source is
> optional IMHO) - use a _few_ buttons (pause, restart, cancel is enough
> IMHO, everything else just clutters the interface and confuses the user) -
> don't use full path names for copying, just the basename and maybe the
> target directory name.

Ok. I tried something similar some months ago, but I'm not so good in 
designing interfaces. The one I realized was way too big, in my opinion. But 
it's worth a try.

> - display the *average* download percentage in KGet's window title, or
> kicker icon (ie if you have a 20MB file at 5% and a 40MB file at 50%, then
> you have downloaded 20*0.05 + 40*.5 = 21MB of 60MB, which is about 34%
> altogether.

I thought a lot about this one too and I really want it. There is only a 
little problem. When the user adds a file to kget, kget doesn't automatically 
know its size. Only when the download begins the Transfer object has this 
information. What I see as a solution would be making kget, when the user is 
on-line, query all the transfers for their size.

> - IMHO the downloa progress windows should -perhaps optionally- all stick
> together and fold up to one corner of the screen, instead of being
> sprinkled all across the desktop. OSX does this (transfer progress windows,
> for copying and moving, always dock on one another and always choose a
> *corner* of the screen to stick to). I think it makes sense.

Good Idea. I really would like to see your mockups :-)

> More ideas to follow :-)

Great! Thanks.

Dario