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UX of "Download.." command under the cube menu #1499

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lidel opened this issue May 12, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #2061
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UX of "Download.." command under the cube menu #1499

lidel opened this issue May 12, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #2061
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area/webui Issues specific to interaction with ipfs-webui effort/days Estimated to take multiple days, but less than a week exp/expert Having worked on the specific codebase is important kind/enhancement A net-new feature or improvement to an existing feature need/analysis Needs further analysis before proceeding need/maintainers-input Needs input from the current maintainer(s) P1 High: Likely tackled by core team if no one steps up topic/design-ux UX strategy, research, not solely visual design

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lidel commented May 12, 2020

This is mostly a bunch of notes so we don't forget to tackle this UX gap

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We are missing progress reporting for "Download..." feature under the cube menu.
User is unable to see what is happening, nor to cancel the download if they choose to do so.

AFAIK there is no API for tracking background downloads in go-ipfs, so the download would have to happen in ipfs-desktop process, and progress needs to be passed to WebUI somehow.

Unify "Download" actions

To reduce the amount of code, we could unify behavior of "Download.." command under the cube menu Desktop with "Download" action from context menu present in Web UI Files.

Namely:

  • "Download.." command under the cube menu opens WebUI Files and shows download progress, reusing the new UI introduced for imports and downloads.
  • When a big directory tree is being downloaded user can close WebUI and download continues as long ipfs-desktop is running.
  • When user opens WebUI again, the ongoing download progress indicator is still there and user can cancel it if they want.

It will require ipfs-desktop to send "background download" status info to webui somehow. May be tricky if we decide to stop embedding webui in Electron and open it in external browser.
@lidel lidel added kind/enhancement A net-new feature or improvement to an existing feature topic/design-ux UX strategy, research, not solely visual design need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization need/analysis Needs further analysis before proceeding need/maintainers-input Needs input from the current maintainer(s) area/webui Issues specific to interaction with ipfs-webui labels May 12, 2020
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Added to epic ipfs/ipfs-gui#88 since it's part of the whole progress indicator mental model.

@jessicaschilling jessicaschilling added exp/expert Having worked on the specific codebase is important effort/days Estimated to take multiple days, but less than a week P1 High: Likely tackled by core team if no one steps up and removed need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization labels May 12, 2020
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AFAIK there is no API for tracking background downloads in go-ipfs

Not yet! ipfs/kubo#4028

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