[Tickets #11126] Re: Progress feedback for the ICS import

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11126
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  Ticket             | 11126
  Updated By         | shop at open-t.co.uk
  Summary            | Progress feedback  for the ICS import
  Queue              | Kronolith
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | New
  Priority           | 3. High
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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shop at open-t.co.uk (2012-04-02 18:32) wrote:

The ICS import for Kronolith calendars needs progress feedback for the  
user to know what is happening. I've just finished importing a 4819  
entries calendar - which took about 15 minutes. Now this is all fine -  
but the only way I knew this was the case was by watching the table in  
the SQL back end. A regular user would have been left staring at an  
empty calendar, having no idea if the import is happening, is failing  
etc. They would have most likely restarted the process 5 times over  
thinking that it isn't working - and messed up the whole thing.

This could be implemented either:

1. As a generic message - something like "The import process could  
take a long time, after which the events will show up in the calendar.  
It is OK to continue using Horde applications in the meanwhile". This  
should be easier to implement, but not that useful to the user  
(however, more useful than nothing).

2. As a progress display in the Kronolith interface - showing how much  
of the ICS file has already been processed. This could lock the entire  
interface during the import - or just display in a corner while the  
interface is still usable.

Either of the above would make the ICS import process a lot more  
usable to regular, end users, than it is now. At the moment -  
specially with larger calendar sets - it is close to impossible for  
users without access to the back-end to make use of it.