Indeterminate progress option for launcher's tiles

[Christian Giordano]

Following the discussion on the mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg08313.html

There is the need to show progress in the Launcher tile also if the size of the task is undefined.

Proposed solution:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2935618/canonical/indeterminate-progress/index.html

Every time the process progresses it could send a pulse event to the bar (emulated in the prototype by a click on the "pulse" button). There is a maxmium speed the bar can reach and if there is no activity the bar slows down until it stops.

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

Please can we just use a spinny? It's well understood and conveys
indeterminate progress very well. I really hate progress meters that bounce.

Mark

[Christian Giordano (nuthinking)]

I can definitely try to see how a spinner could behave. I just tried to use a UI element already present in the tile. The Hoff might be disappointed though! ;)

[Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)]

On 08/03/12 09:07, Christian Giordano wrote:
> I can definitely try to see how a spinner could behave. I just tried to
> use a UI element already present in the tile. The Hoff might be
> disappointed though! ;)

Turbo boost!