[Owncloud] Sync Icons

[Juan Carlos Cornejo]

Hi,

This seems like something I can work on. But, why would one need to
know about file managers for all platforms? Is relying on csync to let
us know when it has finished a sync not be good enough?

Best,
Juan Carlos

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Frank Karlitschek <frank at owncloud.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you are right of course. This is a very important feature.
> So it would be great if someone would volunteer to help to implement this feature. :-)
> This requires some good Qt knowledge and also insights in Mac/Windows/KDE/Gnome
> Filemanagers to implement this for every platform
>
>
> Frank
>
>
> On 24.08.2012, at 18:17, Matthias Wulkow <mylists at saasweb.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I just want to jump into this topic as I believe it is more relevant
>> than many people think... at least with a visible activity feedback,
>> what happened to me today, wouldn't have..
>>
>> I copied quite a lot of files and folders from my work pc into my
>> owncloud folder and waited, as for sure I know that files need a certain
>> time to be uploaded. When I thought time is enough, I quit and went
>> home. Now, at home, I see that half of the files are missing..
>>
>> Some visual feedback about sync status is very important!! ;-) I believe
>> that the dropbox icon is a good option; a general "syncing status" like
>> a colored/animated ownCloud icon on the task bar or so could be already
>> helpful.
>>
>>
>> Best regards to everyone and enjoy the week-end
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> I meant the notification icon in the indicator (in Ubuntu), and I
>>> guess the equivalent for Mac OS X and Win.
>>>
>>> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>>> Daniel Holm
>>> IT Consultant
>>> Web Developer
>>> Student, Enviromental Political Science
>>> Tel: +46 76-1650946
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>>>
>>> Den tor  9 aug 2012 03:02:14 skrev Jan-Christoph Borchardt:
>>>> Hey Steve, Daniel,
>>>>
>>>> where exactly do you mean should the sync icons be? The sync clients
>>>> should have sync icons in the taskbar, notification area, however it
>>>> is called – just like the Dropbox client does.
>>>>
>>>> Or do you mean the web interface? In this case, yes, each item which
>>>> is set up to sync needs to have a small status icon as part of the
>>>> file icon.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Daniel Holm <admin at danielholm.se> wrote:
>>>>> I would also like that. The status window has sync icons.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>>>>>  Daniel Holm
>>>>>  IT Consultant
>>>>>  Web Developer
>>>>>  Student, Enviromental Political Science
>>>>>  Tel: +46 76-1650946
>>>>>  admin at danielholm.se
>>>>>  http://www.danielholm.se
>>>>>
>>>>> Den lör  4 aug 2012 11:27:08 skrev Steve James:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know this is not dropbox ... I am trying to move away from dropbox
>>>>>> and now see that V4 of ownCloud now has sync clients :)  Is it
>>>>>> possible to have an icon to show that it has been sync just like
>>>>>> dropbox ?  A status box showing upload/sync etc ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>
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