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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

Privet, Dima ;)

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 02:13, Dmitrijs Ledkovs
<dmitrij.ledkov@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I like the idea but I really don't want to see "Ooops, spilt it" when
> I'm backing up an archive of all of my family photos. This doesn't
> describe operating system as reliable nor precise to me.
>

..that would be a public way of exposing design failures ;)
make it a feature!


> Tip of the day, similar to the ubiquity-slideshow might make sense.
>

Somewhere, perhaps. To overcome nonesense, let's consider making progress
windows more informative. Splash screens used to show us WHAT exactly is
loading/happening.
That was nice to watch and it was informative, unfortunately we don't see
that too often anymore..


> But I'd rather see everything so fast in ubuntu that I never need to
> stare at the progressbar and not be able to something else, e.g.
> software centre is non-blocking UI even when it is installing stuff
> you can do other things.
>

People make you wait while they do stuff for you, so will computers.
Greater speed, greater tasks. You will not get what you are wishing for, i'm
afraid.

Overall i conclude, progress windows have two main functions:

1. keep the dialog with the user alive
2. help the user understand what's going on

if they could reflect that more, i would be thankful.