Closed Bug 157296 Opened 23 years ago Closed 17 years ago

"Preparing File" should show a barber pole progress bar

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Installer
Platform:
All
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: Peter, Assigned: dveditz)

References

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Details

Make "Praparing Files" a barber twisty (the racing progress segment looks like a broken progress bar) During installation, I am annoyed every time i see the partial progress bar jumping back and forth in a seemingly irregular pattern. It just looks like the progress bar is broken. Sugest to change the "Praparing Files" times to a barber pole twisty (//////), and leave the "installing files" as a progress bar (||||| ). That would make it *uch* clearer what is going on.
Severity: normal → minor
Keywords: mozilla1.0.1, mozilla1.1, nsCatFood, ui
what is a "barber twisty"?
CONFIRMING Adding image showing a "barber twisty" (lower two images) and a normal progress bar (upper two images).
URL: http://www.mactech.com/macintosh-c/im...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Make "Praparing Files" a barber twisty (the racing progress segment looks like a broken progress bar) → Make "Preparing Files" a barber twisty (the racing progress segment looks like a broken progress bar)
Example for how the "Preparing" phase (should) look: Incorrect: [ ||||||||| ] Desired: [//////////////////////////]
Summary: Make "Preparing Files" a barber twisty (the racing progress segment looks like a broken progress bar) → "Preparing File" should show a barber twisty (the sliding bar looks like a broken progress bar)
*** Bug 160480 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
per bug 133513, I think we should kill the barber pole progress bar forever. I'd suggest using a text label "Preparing files, please wait" instead of a visual element.
Summary: "Preparing File" should show a barber twisty (the sliding bar looks like a broken progress bar) → "Preparing File" should show a barber pole progress bar
Making depend on bug 133513 to see if that has an effect...
Depends on: 133513
Keywords: mozilla1.0.1, mozilla1.1
this isn't going to happen on linux. setting to windows-only.
OS: All → Windows XP
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
QA Contact: bugzilla → general
Seamonkey and Firefox are using a new NSIS based installer. resolving this old bug, please reopen if you still get this with the new installer
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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