Bug 454770

Summary: Progress bar shows checkmark
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Roland Illig <roland.illig>
Component: Database-SimilarityAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 7.6.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.1.0
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Description Roland Illig 2022-06-02 19:16:55 UTC 
SUMMARY
During the task 'Fingerprints', the progress bar shows a thumbnail of the current image.
From time to time, this image changes to a checkmark.
There is no apparent reason for showing a checkmark. Neither is the task finished, nor is the success of a single fingerprinting operation a surprise, therefore there is no need for an icon.
The checkmark icon creates unnecessary confusion.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Generate the fingerprints of a collection of 100_000 images.

OBSERVED RESULT
Task in the progress bar sometimes shows checkmark instead of the thumbnail of the current image.

EXPECTED RESULT
No checkmark, since there is no reason for it.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 10
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2022-06-02 20:00:52 UTC 
A checkmark indicates that a fingerprint exists and is up to date.

Maik
Comment 2 Roland Illig 2022-06-02 20:18:19 UTC 
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #1)
> A checkmark indicates that a fingerprint exists and is up to date.

Thanks for this information. Still, I don't get why having a flickering checkmark icon is useful in a progress bar.
To me, the checkmark created the impression that something relevant was completed.
Having completed the fingerprinting of a single file is just a single part of the task, there is nothing special about this that would need a separate icon.