Qirexian Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I just began checking out the Windows beta and it is love at first sight. I'm ridiculously excited that this amazing piece of software is available for Windows as well. The first thing I tried was opening various big files, to see how the program handles them. The loading times are great, but, while the file is loading, there is no visual feedback on the process. Also, during that time, the menus are still operational; the program doesn't hang, which, per se, is an amazing thing. The problem is that, with the lack of any kind of progress bar on the file opening process, this may actually give the impression to the user that the command to open the file didn't even go through. I realize that this is something that mainly affects people with older computers, dealing with huge files, but I'm sure I am not alone. There are a few topics asking the same or something similar in the "features request" subforum, but I wanted to let the developers know that this is definitely something important on Windows as well. Keep up the amazing work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 2, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 2, 2016 Hi Qirexian, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This is something we are already aware and also happens when exporting big files. It's already logged and should be improved as we move forward. Thanks for your feedback and support. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 On the macOS version the title bar updates with a "Loading N documents" message. We haven't added that yet, but it should be there soon. It'll still only be a subtle hint that the document is still loading, but hopefully it should be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qirexian Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Thank you both for the quick replies and sorry if I'm cluttering the forum with more of the same. Is there a feature / bug tracker where one can see the elements that you are already aware of? On the macOS version the title bar updates with a "Loading N documents" message. We haven't added that yet, but it should be there soon. It'll still only be a subtle hint that the document is still loading, but hopefully it should be enough. Indeed, any kind of subtle indication that "the message has been received" by the application, would make a great difference. As I said on my original post, the fact that the program can open files and still do other operations is a laud to its multi-tasking capabilities, so any visual feedback should make the user think "ok, I can do something else while this file is opening". Again, I cannot stress enough how happy I am with Affinity Designer. It is already improving my workflow and it has barely been two days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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