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Sign upUX: make progress bars show progress, especially in Backup / Restore #3840
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andrewdavidwong
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(Question: can I add the UX flag, if so how? Or can only wizards do that?)
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An idea - since the backup can be triggered now via Admin API, and some may even add a cron job for that - maybe the progress should be reported in notification area? That would be convenient for background backup jobs. Not sure if that replaces proper progress reporting in backup window itself.
Technical detail: backup progress is reported using events over Admin API, AFAIR backup-progress.
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An idea - since the backup can be triggered now via Admin API, and some may even add a cron job for that - maybe the progress should be reported in notification area? That would be convenient for background backup jobs. Not sure if that replaces proper progress reporting in backup window itself. Technical detail: backup progress is reported using events over Admin API, AFAIR |
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Qubes OS version:
R4.0 or possibly previous versions as well
Affected component(s):
Backups Qubes and Restore Backups (and others)
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Backup a Qube or restore one
Expected behavior:
Progress bar gradually fills its space, giving the user some idea of progress
Actual behavior:
Progress bar whizzes from side to side, showing that the process has not died, but gives no idea how long the user might expect to wait
General notes:
This is not a bug: I am reporting this as a UX improvement request
(Question: can I add the UX flag, if so how? Or can only wizards do that?)
Related issues:
I have seen this elsewhere in Qubes, but it is the Backup / Restore process that I would most appreciate it being improved.
I find the time taken varies according to what is in the Qubes (well obviously!) and I do not have any sense of whether a given backup is a cup of tea job, or one where I go for lunch.