Remove the progress bar from the status line, and, instead, for any

potentially long-running operation that has a progress indicator, pop up
a modal dialog box with

	an indication of what is being done;

	a progress bar;

	a "Cancel" button to stop the operation.

This:

	leaves more room on the status line for a filter expression;

	provides a mechanism to allow the user to cancel long-running
	operations (although the way we do so may not back out of them
	as nicely as the user might like, if it's not obvious what the
	"right" way is or if the "right" way is difficult to implement
	or involves doing as much work as letting the operation
	continue);

	means that, because the dialog box is modal, we don't have to
	worry about the user performing arbitrary UI operations out from
	under the operation and changing arbitrary bits of state being
	used by that operation.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=2103

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template
index 1e8a18a8fb..df9e030e2d 100644
--- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template
+++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ the I<File:Print Packet> menu item.
 
 The main window is split into three panes.  You can resize each pane using
 a "thumb" at the right end of each divider line.  Below the panes is a
-strip that shows the file load progress, current filter, and informational
-text.
+strip that shows the current filter and informational text.
 
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