Information of user about longer running gpg background action
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#72 Information of user about longer running gpg background action
Bug 24814 migrated from Mozdev.org
Enigmail usually does not inform the user, if a gpg process running in the
background takes a longer time. Good GUIs should display "something" if a
reaction to a user action lasts longer then 1.5 or 2 seconds.
Possible measures:
- Change mouse pointer (sandglass)
- Progress meter in the bottom of the window (as in keymanager when loading
keys) - Dialog, if reaction takes longer than xx seconds (xx could be 20 or 60...)
a) This is not possible.
b) Since this bug was opened, a few things changed in Thunderbird. Foremost: GnuPG execution happens in the background, such that you can't display such information without blocking something else.