Re: Flipping url-show-status default

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:21:59 -0400 James Cloos <address@hidden> wrote: 

>>>>>> "TZ" == Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
TZ> If you're loading a large file, yes (in the download manager, not in
TZ> the main window).  But the vast majority of use cases for HTTP are
TZ> tiny files and a progress bar for each one would be pointless.

TZ> Google Chrome, for instance, tells you it's loading the page, but
TZ> not each element within it.  There is no progress bar.

JC> Chrome is not friendly.

TZ> Mozilla Firefox shows a tiny unobstrusive inaccurate progress bar for
TZ> the whole page in the lower left corner.

JC> And the biggest change the ff nuts did to Mozilla was to ruin the UI.

I think you're underestimating the amount of time and expertise that
went into the Chrome and Firefox UI design.  They are quite good.

JC> But when one is behind a tiny pipe (a straw, if you will) detailed
JC> progress info is imperative.

JC> My preference is sequential pipelined downloads, with n/m file count an
JC> percentage of current file progress info (%age can be either numeric or
JC> graphic).

An SVG icon can display all this.  I'll try to put something together.

Ted