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Bug 370958 - Should give progress information when loading a file
Should give progress information when loading a file
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
: 554440 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-11-05 11:04 UTC by Fabio Bonelli
Modified: 2008-12-30 16:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Fabio Bonelli 2006-11-05 11:04:31 UTC 
When you load a document from a remote location it usually takes a lot of time to reach you. Meanwhile evince just shows a page saying "Loading", giving the feeling  that it hung.

We should display a progress bar, instead.
Comment 1 Sven Neumann 2006-12-21 20:16:19 UTC 
It would also be nice if it wouldn't shout "Loading..." at me in gigantic bold black letters on a white ground. A shade of gray and a somewhat smaller font size would be a lot more gentle. I wouldn't mind then if the trailing dots would animate subtly to indicate that the application is busy loading the document...
Comment 2 Wang Kunshan 2007-02-22 07:02:43 UTC 
This also happen when I plays my presentation/slideshow/Beamer.  If I attempt to jump over multiple pages (by following hyperlinks inside the document) or switch slides too fast, Evince leaves me a white screen saying "Loading...", which is very annoying for breaking the continuousity of the presentation.  

It is advisable to show "Loading..." in the corner of the screen with a smaller font size, so that my audience will not notice that.

A shade of gray is okay.  And it will be better if this "Loading..." message is configurable.
Comment 3 Baptiste Mille-Mathias 2008-03-19 21:20:03 UTC 
+1 about giving more information than the "loading" message.
Comment 4 Carlos Garcia Campos 2008-10-04 17:48:04 UTC 
*** Bug 554440 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Carlos Garcia Campos 2008-12-30 16:13:31 UTC 
Fixed in svn trunk. 

Thanks for reporting.