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Improve feedback to users when launching the AppImage while the client is already running

Open jnweiger opened this issue 2 years ago • 5 comments

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Feature description

  • I have 4.2.0 running on Linux Mint
  • Downloaded the new appimage
  • chmod a+x ~/Downloads/ownCloud-5.0.0.12278-x86_64.AppImage
  • ~/Downloads/ownCloud-5.0.0.12278-x86_64.AppImage
gui.platform: Core dumps enabled
gui.main: Already running, exiting...
  • This is okay, when starting from the command line, the user is informed.
  • This is bad, when clicking the appimage in nemo. -> nothing happens.

Expected behaviour:

  • a popuip appear, saying ```gui.main: Already running, exiting...`` (the core dumped message should not be shown. It scares users unnecessarily.)

Proposed solution

Expected behaviour:

  • a popuip appear, saying ```gui.main: Already running, exiting...`` (the core dumped message should not be shown. It scares users unnecessarily.)

Alternative solutions you considered

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Additional context

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jnweiger avatar Oct 17 '23 11:10 jnweiger

This is not an AppImage-specific "problem", it's just the desired user experience.

fmoc avatar Oct 24 '23 12:10 fmoc

Well the desired behaviour is that the main instance is raised to the front. Certain Window manager however block non focussed applications from raising windows. Please specify what happens to the main process.

TheOneRing avatar Oct 24 '23 12:10 TheOneRing

This is the expected UX and there is -s/--showsettings available (which brings the client to the foreground and is used, e.g., in the desktop entries to allow users to open a running client...

fmoc avatar Oct 24 '23 12:10 fmoc