UX: Delay when clicking "BLAST" when large upload/slow internet

[yannickwurm]

If the user pastes or wants to upload a larger query, and it takes "a while" for that data to be uploaded (likely because of crappy internet connection), the submission form appears to be frozen - i.e. there is no acknowledgement that something might be happening. Thus the user is tempted to click again, rather than patiently wait for the "job creation" to have sucessfully started.

An easy fix for that would be to make the page's visual appearance change (e.g., gray out everything, or just make the button "stay clicked") before upload begins

[yannickwurm]

FYI This is currently a form submission (POST).

[yannickwurm]

Hi @Lazy-poet - in reply to your pm.

Example large files for potential testing:

• https://antgenomes.org/downloads/proteins/Solenopsis_invicta/GCA_000188075.1_Sinv_protein.faa.gz
• https://antgenomes.org/downloads/genome/Solenopsis_invicta/GCA_000188075.1_Sinv_genomic.fna.gz

Need to decompress. It is plausible that some of these files are too long (i.e. they have more info that we allow with our upload cutoffs). If so, head -n xxxxx (some big number) can give a smaller subset.

Note that upload slowness is a bit hard to see if developing locally because... local-to-local is very fast! This matters more when the server is half the world away (e.g., you can test uploading on antgenomes.sequenceserver.com ).

[yannickwurm]

Hi @Lazy-poet - does #606 close this one?

[Lazy-poet]

hi @yannickwurm , yes it does