https://bugs.gpodder.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930
--- Comment #4 from Thomas Perl <[email protected]> 2010-03-15 09:36:57 GMT --- (In reply to comment #3) > What if a user, such as myself, disables the auto-cleanup > feature, but the Downloads section becomes populated with many completed > downloads that have already been acknowledged? There will be no way to clear > the Downloads list, short of exiting and restarting gPodder, entirely. I've been thinking of maybe showing the button in case this advanced option is enabled (and not acting like a "toggle" button, but rather like the old push button). An alternative would be to add a new item in the (right-click) context menu. > It might also seem strange for a user, especially one who is new to gPodder, > to > see a handful of completed downloads suddenly vanish after "switching" to the > Downloads tab. If clicking on the Downloads tab triggers the "cleanup" event, > there might be a short delay, in which the user might notice that "something" > happened, but he's not entirely sure. "Did some things just disappear? Were > those errors? Were those completed downloads? Did those get canceled?" Yes, we will make it so that this does not happen (i.e. switching "to" the downloads tab will have it look like it's gone, and not like it's just being removed from the list). I've seen this in iTunes, and it's pretty neat. I think users will "get" it. This auto-cleanup will then obviously not remove failed downloads, but only finished and cancelled ones: * Finished downloads do not require the users's attention, and (s)he can see the result of the download in the UI * Downloads are only "cancelled" based on user interaction, so the user knowingly cancels a download and can expect it to be removed from the list. I think cleanup should never remove failed downloads, something that is done at the moment. If the download failed, the user should be confronted with it and deal with it (either cancel/remove manually or re-start if (s)he thinks the problem was just temporary). What are your thoughts on this? I'm going to implement this soon, and any potential issue would be nice to have been discussed, so that the final design is usable and provides an improvement in the eyes of our users :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.gpodder.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ gPodder-Bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-bugs
