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Author here. Anyone have thoughts on my data-driven approach described as Solution #2? Basically: tell me how long it took other people.
by azhenley 6y ago
Author here. Anyone have thoughts on my data-driven approach described as Solution #2?
Basically: tell me how long it took other people.
- grenoire 6y agoThat would work quite well for low-volatility tasks. iOS upgrades is a pretty good example, for one. In PC-land it gets a bit more difficult due to variations in hardware; see video games.
- nix0n 6y agoIn my opinion, it's not worth the telemetry.
- azhenley 6y agoAren't they tracking every app launch? Data on update times would be a drop in the bucket.
- layer8 6y agoIt depends on how large the variance is, which I suppose you could measure first. You could even show the existing distribution (or typical range) within the progress bar. A somewhat related approach is used by build servers showing a progress bar of the current build base on how long the previous build(s) of the same project took.