On 29/03/2012, at 10:33 PM, Angus Thomas <athomas(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 03/27/2012 10:18 PM, Matt Wagner wrote:
>> > launch progress page (TBD)
>> > Angus suggested that there could be something like “launch progress
>> > page” where details of what’s being done w/ deployment would be
>> > showed. So if the user checks “show me details” checkbox before
>> > clicking “launch” button, he is redirected to this progress page
>> > where info which step is being done is displayed:
>> > "Selecting provider account... account_name"
>> > “Making launch request for instance... x”
>> > > This could be probably just displaying of all events associated
with
>> > this deployment.
> I like the idea of just showing an event log, rather than trying to
> implement anything over-the-top for this.
>
>
Part of the reason I think we might want the option to see the details in the UI is that
it lets the user get confirmation that something is actually happening.
There's a danger that, if the user sits and looks an the Conductor UI for as long as
it takes to get a multi-instance deployable launched, and doesn't get a lot of
intermediate feedback they are going to:
- Fear that something has gone wrong
- Blame Conductor for being slow
Whereas, if we give them an optional read-only view of the stages of selecting a
provider, launching and rolling back individual instances etc., they'll know that
something is actually happening, and they're not waiting for a process which has
quietly died, and they'll have a better sense of where the time is actually being
spent.
+1