[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Mohamed Mansour]

Hi Robert, the mini_installer is a silent installer, it runs in the
background. Close chromium, run it, then reopen it. I believe silent
installation is better, since next time you open chromium, it will be
updated.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Robert Dailey  wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I notice that when I install Chromium via the mini_installer (on the
> continuous builds website for Windows), I get no progress indication.
> Is this by design? I can never know for sure when the installer has
> completed, I'm always having to guess. Would it be unreasonable to
> create a feature request for a small dialog with a progress bar? At
> least this way I'll be able to know for sure when the installer has
> completed.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> >
>

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[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Huan Ren]

We have UI constraint on mini_installer. But maybe we can do something
for a chromium build. Feel free to file a request.

Huan

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Robert Dailey  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I notice that when I install Chromium via the mini_installer (on the
> continuous builds website for Windows), I get no progress indication.
> Is this by design? I can never know for sure when the installer has
> completed, I'm always having to guess. Would it be unreasonable to
> create a feature request for a small dialog with a progress bar? At
> least this way I'll be able to know for sure when the installer has
> completed.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> >
>

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[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Robert Dailey]

I'm just not very clear on the purpose for the silent installation. It being
automated makes perfect sense, but I think that the automation could still
take place while having a progress indicator at the same time. However,
since it obviously serves a purpose beyond my understanding I'll file a
request for a completely different installer. I like the automated part of
the installation process (no prompts, or pressing "next", "next", etc), I
just wanted the added visuals.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Huan Ren  wrote:

> We have UI constraint on mini_installer. But maybe we can do something
> for a chromium build. Feel free to file a request.
>
> Huan
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Robert Dailey  wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I notice that when I install Chromium via the mini_installer (on the
> > continuous builds website for Windows), I get no progress indication.
> > Is this by design? I can never know for sure when the installer has
> > completed, I'm always having to guess. Would it be unreasonable to
> > create a feature request for a small dialog with a progress bar? At
> > least this way I'll be able to know for sure when the installer has
> > completed.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> > > >
> >
>

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[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Robert Dailey]

Filed a feature request:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=10955

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Robert Dailey  wrote:

> I'm just not very clear on the purpose for the silent installation. It
> being automated makes perfect sense, but I think that the automation could
> still take place while having a progress indicator at the same time.
> However, since it obviously serves a purpose beyond my understanding I'll
> file a request for a completely different installer. I like the automated
> part of the installation process (no prompts, or pressing "next", "next",
> etc), I just wanted the added visuals.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Huan Ren  wrote:
>
>> We have UI constraint on mini_installer. But maybe we can do something
>> for a chromium build. Feel free to file a request.
>>
>> Huan
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Robert Dailey 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I notice that when I install Chromium via the mini_installer (on the
>> > continuous builds website for Windows), I get no progress indication.
>> > Is this by design? I can never know for sure when the installer has
>> > completed, I'm always having to guess. Would it be unreasonable to
>> > create a feature request for a small dialog with a progress bar? At
>> > least this way I'll be able to know for sure when the installer has
>> > completed.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time.
>> > >> >
>> >
>>
>
>

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[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Mark Larson (Google)]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 22:40, Robert Dailey  wrote:

> Filed a feature request:
> http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=10955
>

My response to the bug (closed WontFix):

mini_installer can never have a UI. It needs to remain silent for automatic
updates.
In some cases it may get launched from a system service that does not have
an
interactive desktop, so it cannot have UI.

Perhaps a third-party Chromium updater is what you're looking for:
http://www.google.com/search?q=chromium+nightly+installer

Or just wait for the hourglass cursor to go away after you double-click
mini_installer.exe.

I don't want to invest in building, testing, and archiving a separate
installer for
the continuous builds. They're not production-ready, and I will make no
commitments
to keeping them so.


> 
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:
>
>> I'm just not very clear on the purpose for the silent installation. It
>> being automated makes perfect sense, but I think that the automation could
>> still take place while having a progress indicator at the same time.
>> However, since it obviously serves a purpose beyond my understanding I'll
>> file a request for a completely different installer. I like the automated
>> part of the installation process (no prompts, or pressing "next", "next",
>> etc), I just wanted the added visuals.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Huan Ren  wrote:
>>
>>> We have UI constraint on mini_installer. But maybe we can do something
>>> for a chromium build. Feel free to file a request.
>>>
>>> Huan
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Robert Dailey 
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I notice that when I install Chromium via the mini_installer (on the
>>> > continuous builds website for Windows), I get no progress indication.
>>> > Is this by design? I can never know for sure when the installer has
>>> > completed, I'm always having to guess. Would it be unreasonable to
>>> > create a feature request for a small dialog with a progress bar? At
>>> > least this way I'll be able to know for sure when the installer has
>>> > completed.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for your time.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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[chromium-dev] Re: Progress indicator for mini_installer on Windows

[Robert Dailey]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Mark Larson (Google) wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 22:40, Robert Dailey  wrote:
>
>> Filed a feature request:
>> http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=10955
>>
>
> My response to the bug (closed WontFix):
>
> mini_installer can never have a UI. It needs to remain silent for automatic
> updates.
> In some cases it may get launched from a system service that does not have
> an
> interactive desktop, so it cannot have UI.
>
> Perhaps a third-party Chromium updater is what you're looking for:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=chromium+nightly+installer
>
> Or just wait for the hourglass cursor to go away after you double-click
> mini_installer.exe.
>
> I don't want to invest in building, testing, and archiving a separate
> installer for
> the continuous builds. They're not production-ready, and I will make no
> commitments
> to keeping them so.
>

Sounds understandable. Thanks for taking the time to review my request. I
really appreciate it.

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