[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 49701] Provide UI button to abort loading of a file

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49701

--- Comment #17 from Yousuf Philips (jay) <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #16)
> The status bar is not really a prominent area. Having the progress bar with
> a cancel button in the notification area or in a dialog provides more
> control as a side effect.

Yes the status bar isnt a prominent area, as the loading process of a document
isnt intended to be something prominent, as it should only take a few seconds
in the best case scenario. It is only when the loading process takes a long
time is it important for the user to even care about it.

So to me the infobar or a dialog is would be bad UX, as it brings to much
attention to this process, which should be something that users should never
think about. Imagine opening the file open dialog, selecting a document to
open, and then a dialog flicker infront of you during the loading process and
then you see your document after 1 second. Also i tested loading a document and
it only draws the UI (menu bar, toolbars, sidebar, etc) after the document is
fully loaded, so not sure that we could provide an infobar in that scenario.

> The question what LibO is doing meanwhile was
> asked to think about a threaded process so the user doesnt need to wait. But
> she has nothing to do on the other hand.

Yes ideally you should be able to work on an already open document, while
another document is being loaded, but i dont think LO has threaded processes
yet. Firefox just got it a few days ago. :D

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