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[Severin Heiniger <severinheiniger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

too bad that Marcel and Eran don't have Wave accounts yet. I gave it a try
with Sander and some other colleagues and it turned out to be really fun and
suitable for group chatter. :-D

As for the "Add file" dialog: Thought this was a subject worth discussing.
LottaNZB 0.5/HellaNZB situation:

   1. Dialog has a field "Name" plus a "Category" combobox if the
   corresponding plug-in is activated. The "Name" field is made insensitive
   when multiple files are selected.
   2. Downloads cannot be renamed after being added to the download queue.
   The same for categories.
   3. When a file is dropped onto the LottaNZB window, the "Add file" dialog
   is opened with the file selected.

Now we've got a new situation. SABnzbd allows downloads to be renamed and
recategorized at any time. My thoughts about it:

   - Don't open the "Add file" dialog if a file is dropped over the LottaNZB
   main window. I've never seen a behavior like this in any other application.
   We might think about selecting the newly added download(s) for the user to
   quickly locate it.

For the dialog itself, we have the following possibilities:

   - Don't display any additional controls and let the user change the name
   and category afterwards (in the download properties window).
   - Provide the "Name" etc. fields in the "Add file" dialog. Plug-ins may
   want to add other controls like "Priority" (?) or "Postprocess" (?).
   However, I would suggest to move these into a box whose visibility can be
   toggled. Because not all users make use of this functionality and the dialog
   looks weird if there are more than one additional fields. The dialog could
   remember the visibility state. I attached two screenshots.
   - Or is there a better solution? What Transmission does: The "Add file"
   dialog contains a "Show options dialog" checkbox. If activated, a new window
   will open after the "Add" button is clicked where additional properties for
   the download can be set. In fact LottaNZB could directly open the "Download
   properties" dialog, which would probably even be the easiest solution as we
   wouldn't have to duplicate code. I attached a third screenshot for that.

Any thoughts on all of this?

Regards,
Severin

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