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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12314 Rationalize Timer GUIs Summary: Rationalize Timer GUIs Product: JMeter Version: 1.7.3 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: Other Component: Main AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A U.I. nit: The inputs to the two styles of random timers have different semantics. In the Gaussian timer, the Delay Offset provides a "center point" around which the delays cluster. In the uniform timer, it provides a strict minimum. They should both work the same way. My preference would be for the Gaussian's center-point style. What one wants to say, in all of the timers, is "delay for X, plus-or-minus a random delta `tuned' by Y". Gaussian lets me say that directly (so does the Constant timer, trivially; the delta is always 0). But uniform makes me do some arithmetic to get there. The uniform delay calculation could be something like this: delayTime = this.delay + (nextRandom() * 2 - 1) * this.range; With this change, the "Constant Delay Offset" in both random timers could be relabelled "Average Delay", a much less cryptic description, IMO. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
