David Brown wrote:
> Microsoft:
> <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511486.aspx>
> "Usability studies have shown that users are aware of response times of
> over one second. Consequently, you should consider operations that take
> two seconds or longer to complete to be lengthy and in need of some type
> of progress feedback."
>
> "During a lengthy operation, users need a general idea of what the
> operation is doing. They also need to know:
>
> - That a lengthy operation has started.
> - That progress is being made and that the operation will eventually
> complete (and therefore hasn't locked up).
> - The approximate percentage of the operation that has been completed
> (and therefore the percentage remaining).
> - If they should cancel the operation if it isn't worth continuing to
> wait.
> - If they should continue to wait or do something else while the
> operation completes."
What do you expect from a single user single task OS? :-)
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