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[Vadim Peretokin <vperetokin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Mudlet can freeze while loading a real-world profile, providing no user
feedback or progress - which is quite bad because the user is stuck
wondering if it's working at all or not.

GNOME HIG (https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.0/hig-book.html
#controls-progress-bars), Apple HIG
(https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Controls/Controls.html)
Windows HIG (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/desktop/bb760816(v=vs.85).aspx) all recommend showing
some kind of a progress bar when the task is taking more than a few
seconds in general.

Attached a video where Mudlet freezes and provides no experience to the
user while the profile is loading - first freeze is from 0:13 to 0:24
(11 seconds!), second is from 1:07 to 1:17 (10 seconds!).

** Affects: mudlet
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Screen Capture Tool_2013-11-24 00.56.50.mov"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254364/+attachment/3915681/+files/Screen%20Capture%20Tool_2013-11-24%2000.56.50.mov

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Title:
  Mudlet freezes while loading a profile, providing no user feedback or
  progress

Status in Mudlet the MUD client:
  New

Bug description:
  Mudlet can freeze while loading a real-world profile, providing no
  user feedback or progress - which is quite bad because the user is
  stuck wondering if it's working at all or not.

  GNOME HIG (https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.0/hig-book.html
  #controls-progress-bars), Apple HIG
  (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Controls/Controls.html)
  Windows HIG (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
  us/library/windows/desktop/bb760816(v=vs.85).aspx) all recommend
  showing some kind of a progress bar when the task is taking more than
  a few seconds in general.

  Attached a video where Mudlet freezes and provides no experience to
  the user while the profile is loading - first freeze is from 0:13 to
  0:24 (11 seconds!), second is from 1:07 to 1:17 (10 seconds!).

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