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Provide details during compression and extraction with Archive Manager  
Written by mynoduesp the 28 Dec 09 at 01:13. New
Other compression programs such as 7zip provide detailed information on activity progress, such as time elapsed, estimated time remaining, current compression ratio, size compressed, compressed size etc. Feedback from archive manager is poor and progress cannot be judged.
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Solution #1: Include more details of progress when using Archive Manager
Written by mynoduesp the 28 Dec 09 at 01:13.
Include more notifications e.g. percentage complete, elapsed time, estimated time remaining, average ratio
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Solution #2: Solution #1 hidden by default
Written by vektor the 28 Dec 09 at 08:41.
By default display only progress bar. Provide a button "Details" that displays all the details from Solution #1.

(Inspiration: file copy dialog in Win7)

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There are unnecessary steps when unpacking an archive  
Written by zooounds the 6 Mar 09 at 18:37. Already implemented
If you just want to unpack the archive you first have to open the archive manager and the drag and drop the files to an directory or use the unpack icon or menu option.
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Solution #1: Add an option to the gnome right click menu - "Extract here"
Written by zooounds the 6 Mar 09 at 18:37.
Just extract the files to current path.
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Solution #2: Add an option to the gnome right click menu - "Extract to dir named after arc"
Written by zooounds the 6 Mar 09 at 18:38.
Create a directory named after the archive and extract the files there.

Of course the menu item should include the name of the actually directory like "Extract to Pictures-2008-01-01".

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