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Back in 90s the progress bar was so bad it was more entertainment. 5 minutes left, 4 minutes, 23 days, 1 minute, 4000 years left. The last 1% Taking longer th
by nullserver 6y ago
Back in 90s the progress bar was so bad it was more entertainment.
5 minutes left, 4 minutes, 23 days, 1 minute, 4000 years left.
The last 1% Taking longer the first 99%
If you installed the same software repeatedly get an idea of how long each section of the bar would take.
Windows 3.1 I’m looking at you.
- cldellow 6y agoYeah, this used to be a real pain point. Page 311 of the .NET Framework Design Guidelines has this quote from Chris Sells (then a program manager for .NET, I think): > Please make progress reporting move forward, if for no other reason than my family makes fun of me when they see a progress report going backwards, as if it's my fault. Personally, I've implemented several progress percentage algorithms and while I often can't get the timing to be smooth through all stages of an operation, at least they always move forward. In fact, I think you'd have to work extra hard to make them move backwards.
- nullserver 6y agoOh I had forgotten about the going backwards ones! It was like the machine was personally taunting you.
- marcosdumay 6y agoI've seen that on the Windows 10 file copy dialog just yesterday... but yeah, they existed back in the 90's too.