Matthew wrote: >On May 6, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Joaquin Cuenca Abela wrote: >> >> 1) the file the user is going to upload is expected to be > 0.5M >> 2) once uploaded, the html with the response is extremelly small >> compared to the file(s) uploaded >> >> In that use-case you want a bigger progress bar, on a very visible >> spot on the page, and giving the user a clue of the time remaining. > > Sure. But again, it would be much easier and more consistent if the > browser showed a bigger progress bar, overlayed on the page, with an > estimate of time remaining, for *all* uploads likely to take more than > about 5 seconds -- rather than some Web sites doing it and most not.
Indeed, that will be nicer than the status quo, but showing a progress bar in the middle of the page without the collaboration of the webpage author will break those pages that use a target for the form, as they are expecting their webpage to remain usable even when the user is uploading a file. Stamping a big progress bar in the middle of the page may cover and render unusable some useful part of these pages. While I see your case for improving the standard progress bar for the upload of files for forms that lack a target, I still think there is also a case for people that want to choose the position, size, style, etc. of the progress bar and what information to show to its users, and a little collaboration from the browser would make that task a lot easier.
