by jimbob_sf » Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:54 pm
I'm unsure of the proper names of the windows, so I'll type it out.
In MM4, when there's an activity like scanning on startup, updating file metadata (from a script), importing files, volume leveling..., we can see the status at the bottom of the screen.
In MM5, I see a spinning circle in the upper right, but no persistent detail window. If I hover the mouse over the spinning circle, I see the detail in a hover window, but not a persistent one.
Seeing the status/progress is very helpful to see what's going on. Ex. When I start up, I like seeing that it's scanned X of Y (5k of 60k) files and the left->right progress bar. Why? I don't want to drop 500 new files to be organized while it's scanning 60k files. I can also get a sense of performance. If MM scans 60k files in seconds, that's great. If it suddenly slows down, there's something to look at (new build, bad db, hardware issue...)
I'm unsure of the proper names of the windows, so I'll type it out.
In MM4, when there's an activity like scanning on startup, updating file metadata (from a script), importing files, volume leveling..., we can see the status at the bottom of the screen.
In MM5, I see a spinning circle in the upper right, but no persistent detail window. If I hover the mouse over the spinning circle, I see the detail in a hover window, but not a persistent one.
Seeing the status/progress is [u]very [/u]helpful to see what's going on. Ex. When I start up, I like seeing that it's scanned X of Y (5k of 60k) files and the left->right progress bar. Why? I don't want to drop 500 new files to be organized while it's scanning 60k files. I can also get a sense of performance. If MM scans 60k files in seconds, that's great. If it suddenly slows down, there's something to look at (new build, bad db, hardware issue...)