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

[Jens B.Benecke]

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           Summary: wish: Kontact-style multiple download progress bars
           Product: kget
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kget kde org
        ReportedBy: jens-bugs.kde.org spamfreemail de


Version:           v0.8.4 (using KDE 3.4.0 Level "a" , unofficial build of SUSE )
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.5-7.147-default

Hello,

I think KGet's download list could do some improvement. I am currently unsure whether to improve KGet itself or the "Show all network transfers in one window" window that belongs to KIO(?).

If you look at OSX's or Firefox's download progress dialogs, they are cleaner, show almost as much detail, and easier to understand. Plus, they don't clutter your desktop if you have 10 concurrent downloads/copying actions running at the same time.

What I would like to do is reorganize the GUI for either of the two windows so that

- you don't need three 1280x1024 monitors to view all columns
- by default only the _really_ important info is shown
- for all transfers, only _one_ window is shown.

I'm thinking about something like the KMail/Kontact progress dialogs, that pops up when you click on the KGet dock icon:

-------------------------------------------------------------
    $action: $basename($remote_URL)
    to: $local_folder
    [XXXXX.......20%..........]   [P] [ ] [X]  [v]
--------------------------------------------------------
    $action: $basename($remote_URL)
    to: $local_folder
    [XXXXXXXXXXXX80%XXXXXX....]   [P] [ ] [X]  [v]
-------------------------------------------------------------
    etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------

where:
P = pause this download
@ = restart this download
X = cancel this download
v = (arrow down), expands to show more information
$action: Copying, Moving, Downloading, ...
$basename($remote_URL): just the file/dir name
$local_folder: where is it being copied?


So ... would it be OK with you if I started hacking KGet to do this (would you perhaps help)? Or do you think the existing KIO progress dialog is better suited to do this? Or is anybody already doing this?

Thanks! :)

Jens