260699 - Update's progress bar doesn't report overall progress

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Upgrade firefox using the Check Now option.
2. Watch the progress bar.

EXPECTED RESULTS
The progress bar should start at 0% and slowly go to 100% as things are 
downloaded and installed and only reach 100% when it is done.

ACTUAL RESULTS
Each download causes the progress bar to go from 0 to 100%, and the 
installation step doesn't use the progress bar at all.

Comment 1

[Alfred Kayser]

Another solution would be to show where in the list of items to be updated, the
'software updater' is busy, as follows:

+-------------------------------------------------+
| Software Updater                                |
+-------------------------------------------------+
|    Module                     Status            |
+-------------------------------------------------+
|  v BBCode 0.3.6               Installed         |
|  x WeatherFox 0.4.2           Failed            |
|  * Nautipolis 1.1            [XXXXXXX         ] |
|  o LittleFox 0.8                                |
|                                                 |
|                                                 |
+-------------------------------------------------+

So show all the modules in list with a progress bar for the current
downloading/installing item. An icon can indicate also status:
v=completed, x=failed, *=inprogress, o=to be done.

Right, you get my drift.

This should not be to difficult to implement, and makes the Software
Update component of Firefox even better!

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

I believe that this is no longer applicable in the new update world

Comment 3

[Alfred Kayser]

Still it is, as the new installer/update still installs one by one, but only
shows one big 'progressbar'. Having more feedback on what is happening (which
theme, extension or other part of the application is being downloaded/installed
is not required, but would make it nicer (= less painfull to update/install)

Comment 4

[Darin Fisher]

In the new software update system, extensions are updated via the extension
manager.  UI in EM looks somewhat like the UI proposed above.  I think we can
mark this bug WFM given how the new system works.