User can't tell how many files there are to up/dowload

[Waldir Leoncio]

When the user mouseovers the Dropbox tray icon, he gets a satisfying message about the applet state. It reads things like "All files up to date", or "Uploading 100 files", or "Downloading 4 files". Ubuntu One, on the other hand, only indicates activity by animating the icon (the circle of friends turns) and a message that reads "Ubuntu One: Working". I believe "Uploading 67 files" is much more informative than just "Working". The latter doesn't say much. The user doesn't know how much time the up/downloading process is going to take or how many files there are left to transfer. Dropbox also attaches an emblem to each and every file it handles that tells the user whether the file is going to be synced or if it already has been. On Ubuntu One I can only find an emblem on the file currently being transfered. I can't tell if the others have already been synced.

P.S.: Sorry for using this medium to report a feature request, but I'm just following the orientation at https://ubuntuone.com/support/

[Elliot Murphy (statik)]

you reported this in the right place. i was just looking at the mockups for this integration today! we'll be delivering it via the libnotify infrastructure in karmic.