Startup And Feature Suggestions
I am switching from OSX to ubuntu 12.04, so I am an experienced but novice user with a fresh eye. backintime was among my first programs to install, with OSX TimeMachine as my base comparison. for the record, I like both of them, though neither is perfect. here are some of my observations:
1* it is not clear whether backintime is backing up even if a backintime window is not open. it would be nice if this was clear from the get-go. do I need to set up a daemon, or does backintime start a daemon by itself? (could it ask for permission or indicate it on first startup and/or with a "daemon running" message on the right.)
2* in the same vein, it would be nice if there was a nice "health status" on the window, too, that points me to past errors (e.g., files it failed to backup, a time to the last interval that exceeds the schedules, etc.)
3* I had some problems with aborted backups earlier, when a nautilus-actions file in my home directory stopped it---or did it abort? (i.e., did the backup continue or abort? it really should continue, not abort!)
4* TimeMachine prunes regularly. Does backintime prune ever/based on disk usage/on a given schedule, or will my 5-minute changes overrun the directory limitations on ext4?
5* it would be great if the restore method could show files that are still the same as those on the main backedup partition in light-gray instead of in black. obviously, I don't need to restore them to begin with. Usually, I really want to restore only the files that I have lost.
6* the "View Snapshot Log" is great---and would be even better if I could click and restore files from it. right now.
there are many great things about backintime relative to TimeMachine, too. right-clicking on a file in the restore window to bring up a list iof histories is great...but it would be even greater if it were smart enough to remove duplicates (and just display them as (from day x to day y)). the left window in the Snapshots (well, the entire interface really) is much more useful than TM, too.
/iaw
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