Here are results from my tests (Win98SE). In general - several notes are related to the user interface logic. Although they are not effecting the UL operation itself, it looks to me that they can contribute to making life easier for the user, and also - improve the overall look&feel...
BA12-1 Most important - Progress is not being displayed. I retested with previous versions - it started in Alfa10. Alfa 9 is OK. :cry:
BA12-2 "Sound ticks" are being heard for each progress refresh... 8O
BA12-3 if we "open frame" AFTRE the file names are entered - they are being cleared
CA12-1 HFS ID text in the frame is redundant (it is already in the UL screen...)
CA12-2 Buttons operation/logic (Bugs? Features? ):
a. "open frame" should be disabled IF the frame is already open
b. add "close frame" inside the frame (and re-enable the "open frame"). Actually if you right-click->back inside it - it closes ...) or just change the "open frame" to "close frame"
c. upload button should be disabled after starting the upload, or better yet - act as an "append file" so you can add file DURING the upload. if you add a file and press it again - it restarts the whole upload.
d. Buttons will be nicer if they look more like buttons (3D) and not like "user: xxx" display "button" ...
CA12-3 Is it possible to remember the last "state" of the open file dialog (sorting, detailed-list etc) ?
CA12-4 UL folder name - should be in a separate line (bellow the buttons ?) since when it is long - it wraps to two lines anyway...
FA12-1 Add multiple selection capability to the file-open so several files can be selected for upload at the same time!
FA12-2 Add an option in HFS - for the "browse" operation - if to open a new browser window or, like today, use one that is already opened.
:idea:
FA12-3:idea:
I list this last one as a feature and not a comment, since it may need some overall of the MMI. It actually redefines it... sorry, but it is only alfa, isn't it ? We ARE open to new ideas ...
... so:
1- Open the UL dialog as a separate page/window leaving the original UL folder view - unchanged
2- You have two options now:
a* to request a new progress window (like now) but WITH cancel+close+timer upload control on it
b* or to have a new frame for it (similar to now, again with cancel & close controls ON IT).
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*Note1]
When you request to open a *new frame*
add to the original HFS folder-view-screen the status/progress frame at the top or bottom of it (with/including the "cancel+close" buttons and a refresh timer edit field, w/o the folder name...). [
*Note2]
3- close the upload-file-open dialog
4- Each auto refresh will act on the progress frame only (like today), and I would also add bellow the progress bar the name of the currently uploading file.
5- When any file is finished UL-ing - you refresh also the whole regular folder frame, and can see the new UL-ed file in the regular folder view
!
6- when all are finished (=100%) or manually aborted - auto-close the upload status frame, that also stops progress refresh.
7- The user is now - back to it's original (updated) UL folder view :^^:
Note1: It is desired that both the frame view and the separate page view - should have similar/same design & controls - for simplicity
Note2: if we choose the frame view as the only option, we can generate the frame when pressing the "upload" button and just start updating when the user starts it from the open-files-dialog
Well, a new but an award winning design , right ?
:!:
@Rejetto - If you want to only stabilize V2.0 I would not touch any of my bright ideas (
) in FA12-3, although I think
they are the "way to go" in future alfas and the sooner the better...
Have a productive weekend!