Comment #12 on issue 4718 by stpasha: Download Progress should display time in seconds http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=4718
I vote for the format proposed in #5. Whenever we're downloading a file we do not know how much time is left (that would be the art of Divination). However we can *estimate* this time based on the current speed of data inflow. I do not know which particular estimation technique is used by Chrome, however any valid estimation method always provides both the point estimate and the standard errors. So i suggest we look at those standard errors to determine the significant digit to which the time should be rounded. Say, if estimated time left is 1434s±3s => display it as 23m 54s 1434s±7s => display it as 23m 50s 1434s±25s => display it as 24m 1434s±500s => display it as 20m In this way the estimated time will tell you not only how much you have left, but also the precision of that estimate. And for example if you see that your download will take "1d 12h 53m 07s" -- then you'd know that your internet is as smooth as a smoothie :) -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
