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New Alt.Binz versions => Bugs => Topic started by: Frasier on February 13, 2008, 09:52:46 am

Title: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Frasier on February 13, 2008, 09:52:46 am

Hi!

After successful extraction, the progress in the PAR2 list should better say "Finished", "Completed", etc. instead of staying at "100%". I think this would be more intuitive, because 100% could also mean that it's "almost" finished but still worked on.

Regards,
Frasier

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: davidq666 on February 13, 2008, 10:05:57 am

Quote from: Frasier on February 13, 2008, 09:52:46 am

Hi!

After successful extraction, the progress in the PAR2 list should better say "Finished", "Completed", etc. instead of staying at "100%". I think this would be more intuitive, because 100% could also mean that it's "almost" finished but still worked on.

Regards,
Frasier

that's what the icons are for:

https://www.altbinz.net/forum/index.php?topic=42.0 (https://www.altbinz.net/forum/index.php?topic=42.0)

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Frasier on February 13, 2008, 03:29:57 pm

I'd still prefer a clear text description - this should not be difficult to implement...

Regards!

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: noons on February 13, 2008, 04:13:53 pm

Ahh 100% has always meant finished... 99% would mean almost finished. This goes for every software or anything dealing with math.

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Frasier on February 14, 2008, 11:37:11 am

Not always! Check out a few other news readers...

Also, even if the extraction is finished at 100%, this doesn't necessarily mean that the whole process is finished. E.g. there still could be some work done on the file, like checking, copying, renaming, etc. so a handle to the file could still be open. A simple "Finished" message would make it much clearer!

Regards!

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: dacaid on February 14, 2008, 07:40:30 pm

oh and i'd like a "tadaaaa" sound and fireworks when DL ompleted  ::)


ok ok i'm out  ;D

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Hecks on February 14, 2008, 08:22:02 pm

You can already set a tadaa sound on download completion, Setup > Misc #2 . :)

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Frasier on February 16, 2008, 12:28:27 pm

Generally, I like the way NewsLeecher handles status messages, progresses, etc. better. It's simply much clearer and intuitive.

E.g.
- the "Dwonload queue" and "Par2" tabs could contain some info about the queues
- the progress messages in the Par2 tab should give more information (like "Waiting for download to complete", "Finished", etc.)
- The size info in the download queue should display the total size of the downloads too, not just the size remaining (e.g. 2500 / 4600 KB), or even better a separate column could display the total size.

These are just small issues, of course, but they could help to improve the program.

Regards!

Title: Re: After extraction, progress in PAR2 list says "100%" instead of "Finished"
Post by: Gompy on February 16, 2008, 04:28:11 pm

I just wondering why this all have to be posted under "Bugs" ?
In my opinion it has nothing to do with a bug at all, it's just a wishlist.
Therefore it should be posted/moved under "Requests" when the OP thinks parts of other programs suits him more, or are more clearer or more intuitive to him and he wants them to be implemented in Altbinz 

Regards, Gompy