On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:05:04AM -0700, Alan Evans wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Paul W. Frields<stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A note on the supposedly useless interface -- my question is, why do > > people care so much about a progress bar anyway? When I get an update > > alert, I right-click, tell the system to install updates, and go about > > my work. I don't care what the download speed is, since there are > > usually things I care about more like the activity I'm busy with > > already. When the updates are done, if it's important I'll get a > > notifier about restarting my session or the system. > > Because, on my relatively slow DSL connection at home, I'd like to > know if updates are going to be finished downloading in a couple of > minutes or a few hours. When I'm ready to shut my computer off but > it's downloading updates, it's nice to know if I should just hang > tight for a few minutes or go off to bed and turn the machine off in > the morning. > > There actually is value in knowing how long an unattended process is > going to take. I see your point, but when you're at the mercy of the mirror providing the data, any estimate of time is difficult at best. I suppose I tend not to do an update right before I turn my machine off because I want to observe the results. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
