Tickets :: Comment on [#5400] Request for progress bar on attachment download

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Comment	> Currently when downloading large (10 MB+) attachments once the user > has clicked on the link the browser just sits there spinning for > several minutes, presumably transferring the attachment to the > browser cache, before getting a popup asking you where you want to > save the attachment. The problem is that there's no progress > indicatior. In fact, there's no notice whatsoever that something's > actually happening. Thus our users have been erroneously assuming > that there's a problem or something's "stuck" and hit the stop > button, never actually receiving the attachment... and then promptly > complaining to us. > > > > What I'd like to see is at bare minimum there be a message of some > sort telling the user that the attachment is downloading (a time > estimate would be nice - especially for larger files). Ideally a > progress bar would appear somewhere to let users know that > something's actually happening. I'm not sure how feasible that is > (it might be easier with Dimp) but it would alleviate a LOT of grief > from our help desk since that's one of the more frequent complaints > we get.
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