During long operations, the user would feel much more confident and probably a little more hopeful if there were some visible indication that something is actually happening.
Even a simple activity log showing messages such as:
“Copying this file…”
“Writing database information…”
“Updating metadata…”
“Processing track…”
it would make a huge difference.
It wouldn’t even need to show an accurate percentage or estimated completion time. Just seeing filenames, operations, or messages continuously scrolling ,even very quickly, would immediately give the impression that Engine is still working and that I’m not simply spending my life staring at a black screen wondering whether the computer has frozen.
From a UX point of view, some visible feedback during these operations would greatly reduce uncertainty and make the whole process feel much safer.
And now, i really hoping that my computer hasn’t actually frozen and that I’m not currently staring at a completely dead black screen, I’ll say goodbye.
I feel your need , but I’d rather realize it with a scrollable textbox than a statusbar. You won’t have any chances to read the informations otherwise.
If you get positive resonance to your idea, you could use the template and create a new feature request. That’s in this region of the forum
…which if you click on it, shows the Job Monitor with text information. It does raise the question - why doesn’t the stems processing info use the Job Monitor? Isn’t that the point of it?
I do think the “quit box” needs some work though. When I click YES (with Backup selected) it sits there for ages seemingly frozen, with no feedback as to what’s happening.
In my experience: sometimes the export process is slow, sometimes it’s fast and sometimes it just freezes. And there is no way to determine which of the three options i’ll encounter today. So a simple “i’m not dead yet” message, beyond the progress bar, will help a lot!!!
Sorry maybe I didn’t explain myself very well in English, I’m Italian. I’m referring specifically to the export process and the long export times. In my particular case, I’m a new Engine DJ user, so I’m creating my first USB drives. On top of that, the latest public release on Windows 11 was actually giving me some mysterious errors (a .dll blocked in my case).
So maybe, when Engine DJ is working properly, the export process is normally much faster and the progress bar alone is perfectly sufficient. The important thing is that something visibly keeps moving and not by one pixel every half an hour
That’s why I thought a more detailed activity monitor showing what Engine DJ is actually doing at that moment could be useful. It would help the user understand whether the process is genuinely progressing or whether they’re simply waiting in vain.
, but I’d rather realize it with a scrollable textbox than a statusbar. You won’t have any chances to read the informations otherwise.
i’m not dead yet