On Thu, March 27, 2008 4:43 pm, David Brown wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 04:05:34PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > >>I completely disagree. Successful progress should be silent. If >>reassurance is necessary, a -v or -h (as in "print hash marks") can be >>added. > > It's fine that you disagree, but not very significant. A vast majority of > users want/need progress. User interface guidelines require it. Programs > that don't print out progress get killed by users who aren't sure what is > happening, etc.
The relevant point being, whichever mode is chosen, the option should be provided to reverse it. -ajb -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
