328194 - Download manager uses fade-in.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Ray Allen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

Download manager uses fade-in.  Users need to be able to see the download immediately.  The fade-in feature often does not show the download until after the download is completed.  This is a cosmetic problem but extremely annoying.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right-click and "Save Link As" on any downloadable file of considerable size (e.g., 20megs+).
2. Wait for the download manager to show the download.
3. Continue to wait.
4. Download completes and download manager will finally show the download in the list.

Comment 1

[Ray Allen]

If there is a way to turn off this "feature", a setting should be added to Firefox Download Options.

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
After clicking on a download link and clicking on the download dialog I see the download manager and its contents almost immediately, certainly in 1.5.0.1.

Comment 3

[Ray Allen]

It could be a problem that is easier to see on a slower pc.  Using an 800mhz celeron.  In any event, there isn't a reason for a fade-in feature in a download manager.

Comment 4

[Jo Hermans]

The fade-in itself is not a real problem, more a matter of personal taste. But you're probably experiencing bug 227260. dupe ?

Comment 5

[Ray Allen]

It could be a dupe as CPU usage does spike to nearly 100% until just after the fade-in completes.

Comment 6

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

This won't block, but we should revisit the design decision here. 

Comment 7

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

URL is no longer resolving.

Comment 8

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

(In reply to comment #7)
> URL is no longer resolving.
Not a big deal - going away with the UI rewrite.

Comment 9

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Fixed by Bug 388517.

Comment 10

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9a8pre) Gecko/2007082805 Minefield/3.0a8pre