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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: General comments...
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:12:42 +0100
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> From: Elfyn McBratney [mailto:elfyn-cygwin AT sickpuppy DOT co DOT uk]

> > Please,
> > consider adding a progress display of some sort.
>
> I'm on a P4 2.64Ghz/512 DDR-RAM/Over 100Gb HD Space and it's slow
> for me ;-) I do like the the idea of a prograss dialog when setup
> is reading the packages from lcoal disk though.

 So one <AOL> Mee too </AOL> counted ;-)
That was one of the things I asked for :-)

> > One more thing: As I'm running the download through an ISDN line
> > (charge based on time up), it is vital for me to be able to disconnect
> > ASAP. Minimal support for handling this in a good manner would be to
> > display information regarding whether the utility needs the line to be
> > up or not.
>
> Isn't that kinda up to the user. When you finish downloading new
> packages you kill your internet connection as cygwin setup won't
> need it. It shouldn't be up to setup to say:
>
> Hey you, yes you, I'm finished guzzling your internet connection,
> switch it off....

 Maybe I was a bit unclear here; I'm "always" doing other stuff while
the/any download proceeds in the background. I'd still like to be
notified(sp) about it having finished, in a sane manner - so I can go on
typing (or whatever)...
NOTE THE PROBLEM: Do not pop up an ACTIVE dialog; I would be typing on the
keyboard, thus possibly ruining it all.

> Elfyn
> elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden


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