BUG: Blue circle Icon wont say what its doing

I'm on 6.4 Beta 4 (the beta 5 is not detecting at present).

The blue circle icons that should tell me its rebuilding the index, or downloading, or whatever its up to has not been telling me anything most times I've checked in recent days. Right now I got a <1> circle but if I hover mouse over it, I don't get any tooltip prompt or other text reporting the status.

To be honest, I preferred the old way, but maybe the new one would be OK if it seemed to work.

I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit on a "normal" Intel based desktop PC.

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

Andrew Batishko

Does anything happen when you click on the blue circle?

Can you clarify what you mean by preferring the old way? What specifically is it that's changed that you aren't liking?

Doc B

whatever its up to has not been telling me anything most times

I have a couple male teenagers that are the same way.

To be honest, I preferred the old way,

But seriously, folks, I agree the old way was more user-friendly.

Andrew Batishko

To be honest, I preferred the old way,

But seriously, folks, I agree the old way was more user-friendly.

Please help me understand what this refers to. Which part of the entire update system is it that you are saying you liked better?

Doc B

Please help me understand what this refers to. Which part of the entire update system is it that you are saying you liked better?

I can't speak for Jim, but I liked the one where the orange-ish bar appeared below the shortcut bar with the operation listed along with the percentage of the download, index, etc.

I went digging for some old screenshots that showed it, but can't find one. The bar would be in the area indicated by the red box in the pic below.

Andrew Batishko

That bar will show up when you do an explicit update (using the "update now" or "update resources" commands), unless you have the "Show the Notification Bar" setting turned off. Background updates don't show the bar to prevent workflow interruption annoyance.