Displaying items as they echo

[Florian]

Hey Andrew,

 

would it be possible / would you consider to have the items display in the results as they arrive? For some scripts with a little latency, it would be a major improvement. 

 

For example, I scripted something to get films : image from amazon, description and title from imdb. But getting one of these takes about a second or two. So a list of these is way too long... But if you could display them as they arrive! 

 

I hope you'll consider this one if it's not too much work. 

 

I'm having so much fun with this beta 

[Tyler Eich]

I would love it if Alfred updated results as they echoed! I sometimes can't tell if my script is dysfunctional or just taking a while to download content. If I could echo something like "Loading results...Please wait", I would know a little better.

[loris]

I think both of your requests have nothing to do with Alfred but the way you implement your workflows.

Your workflow should be able to tell Alfred to display a "Please wait" feedback item, then populate the feedback list as soon as you receive data.

[Florian]

Do you have an example of a script that does that? I've tried a few different thing without success... 

[Florian]

Though for you tyler, I encourage you to use the terminal to debug your scripts. You can message me in private if you don't know how.

[jdfwarrior]

I don't know that that's going to be possible guys..

[Florian]

Yeah I had my doubts It'd be neat though

[ClintonStrong]

Do you have an example of a script that does that? I've tried a few different thing without success... 

 

I think loris meant that you can set a placeholder title/subtitle in your script filter that says that it's loading, which gets replaced when you output your results.