[packagekit] pkcon progressbar display

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Montag, den 25.02.2008, 12:19 +0100 schrieb Richard Hughes:
> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 10:20 -0500, Robin Norwood wrote:
> > Well, can we do:
> > Downloading [package name or # of packages]:
> > [Progressbar]
> > Installing [package name or # of packages]:
> > [Progressbar]
> > Complete [or 'Failed' + error message]
> 
> Well, ideally we want the percentage, sub-percentage, status, what we've
> done, what we are doing now and the allow-cancel status. But that's a
> lot of information. Maybe:
> 
> Status:   Downloading [Can cancel]
> Package:  gnome-power-manager
> Complete: [#########             ]
> Part:     [#################     ]
> 

Why do you want to show the sub-progress at all? I find it confusing. Instead it should be
included in the overall progress.

That is even the recommendation of the GNOME HIG, see 
http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/windows-progress.html.en

Cheers,

Sebastian
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