On 14/12/2010 09:52, David H Wild wrote:
Netsurf is improving regularly, for which I am very grateful, but there is
still a "silly" with the display of progress when a file is being
downloaded.
The time remaining is always calculated as if the current downloading speed
would remain constant at the present value. This is unlikely to be true as
speeds tend to vary considerably and so the time remaining figure is not
really useful at all.
Please consider that this is not everyone else's experience. Downloads
at consistent speeds are regularly achieved.
Either the time should be calculated by using the
time already passed and the fraction of the file downloaded so far, or the
time should be dropped from the display with only the fraction shown.
Neither of those options are desirable. The remaining time should be
based on the download speed averaged over the past few seconds.
The aim is to impart information on the general time scale (seconds,
hours, weeks) of the operation, rather than absolute accuracy.
Cheers
--
David J. Ruck
email: [email protected]
phone: +44(0)7974 108301
