Gnome 3 Copy Progress Bar

[Tim]

Shibi:
>> the copy dialog is destroyed as soon as transfer to cache is being
>> completed, but file transfer from cache to media is still going on while
>> there is no indication of it on screen.


Ian Malone:
> This might be something that needs improved, if you don't notice or
> your device doesn't have a transfer light (some USB sticks might not
> and on other devices it's less obvious) then you could end up taking
> it out while data is still writing. It's not uncommon to find yourself
> copying files while in a hurry.

Though...  You should be unmounting a drive before removal, not just
waiting for a write to finish.  And there should be some indication of
when its safe to remove, rather than just ripping out when you think
enough time has passed.  Whether that be a specific "it is safe to
remove" written prompt, or seeing the devices icon disappear from the
desktop.

Having said all that, I much prefer how another OS I used to work,
worked.  Writes to drives were completely completed (file written to the
disc, plus the directory data updated) in one go, and you could pull a
disc out moments later.  There was no mounting or unmounting.  And
drives like USB memory sticks would be well served if they could work
that way, since people do pull them out without going through a dismount
process.

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