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Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 17 May 2022 12:53
by Evolve
When I press "pause" while copying files, a message "Pause Processing" appears
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1. It is misleading, it asks you if you want to pause or not, but it has already paused during this dialogue.
2. I want to believe that 90% of users know what "pause" means and don't need that dialogue.
3. 9% who don't know can figure this out by observing the progress bar and numbers stop changing and the "Pause" button changing to "Resume".
Suggestion:
Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Or at least add a checkbox: "don't show this again".
PS: or just add that line of text instruction "Note that after 'Pause' 'Resume' will restart processing the current file" into the custom copy window itself instead of spawning another window that you have to interact with.
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 31 May 2022 11:25
by admin
I tend to agree, it's overkill.
Nevertheless, I show you the original reasoning from the change log:
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v11.70.0113 - 2012-11-17 14:06
* Custom Copy | Progress Dialog | Pause: Now you are prompted before
the process is paused. This prompt alone might often be already
all the pause you need, so you need not "really" pause the
processing (with the possible disadvantage that processing resumes
with processing the current again from start).
But yes, for the sake of simplicity, I'm also in favor of removing it.
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 31 May 2022 14:25
by Evolve
When I press Pause it loses % and the time
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 31 May 2022 15:05
by admin
Sure. That's meant by "Note that after 'Pause' 'Resume' will restart processing the current file."
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 31 May 2022 15:21
by Evolve
Maybe just make Resume do what Cancel in the second window previously did?
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 31 May 2022 15:29
by admin
I think I found a good solution:
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+ Custom Copy: The "Pause Processing" dialogue is back, but only when the Pause button
is pressed while a large file is being copied. Here the choice between a real pause
(on Resume copying that large file will start from scratch) and just this dialog
(Cancel will continue copying that large file) is meaningful.
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 01 Jun 2022 15:54
by Evolve
After thinking a bit more...
The issues you addressed there were absolutely correct:
v11.70.0113
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This prompt alone might often be already all the pause you need
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disadvantage that processing resumes with processing the current again from start
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But the way you did this was a half-measure.
I can't see any benefit of losing the progress for the current file.
What that prompt does should be default for Pause itself.
When you Pause in the middle of copying a file and then Resume it should continue instead of starting over.
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 01 Jun 2022 16:17
by admin
Architectural reasons. (translates into: not worth the effort)
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 09 Jun 2022 11:16
by robertu
On press esc it should cancel be it a large file as explorer does
Re: Get rid of the "Pause Processing" dialogue.
Posted: 11 Jul 2022 18:43
by robertu
still it's not changed