What do you think of my submission? > -----Original Message----- > From: devl-admin at freenetproject.org [mailto:devl-admin at freenetproject.org] > On Behalf Of Ian Clarke > Sent: 19 December 2002 21:27 > To: devl at freenetproject.org > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] SplitFileRequestServlet > > (This email is more stream of thought - go to the bottom to see an idea > that everyone might like) > > > http://todesbaum.dyndns.org/freenet/new-splitfile-request/ > > This is very very cool indeed, and better than I expected it to be. But > I do have some high-level issues with this approach, all of which I > think can be solved without wasting any of your efforts so far: > > - Each individual download requires an entire browser window. This > isn't in-keeping with the way browsers normally work. I think > there is a good risk that users will be confused as to whether the > download will continue if they close the window. > - Frames will piss off lynx users (although I kinda like that idea) > - One could argue that this is the kind of information an expert would > love to see, but it might be too much for a newbie. > - On a more asthetic note, I think that the block-boxes could be much > smaller, each box is basically conveying one of 3 states, and I don't > think we need 24X24 pixels to do this. 16X16 or 8X8 might be better, > and would make more effective use of screen real-estate. > > I completely understand the problem with the progress-bar not moving, > and that being discouraging for users. > > I guess, right now I am thinking about an approach where: > > The user has the option of the interface as currently outlined, or they > can simply opt for a normal download, where an infolet provides them > with progress information. > > It should be relatively straight-forward to share code between this > screen and the infolet to save duplication of effort. > > Another idea, which on thinking about it, might be more attractive to > you guys, is to pop open a borderless window which conveys this > information, but tries to look at-least something like a normal download > window that the user will be familiar with (similar size etc). > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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