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a progress bar for the restore page of a backup program Maybe I'm unusual. Aside from tar'ing data to tape on elderly 'nix machines, years ago, nearly all of
by bdunbar 15y ago
a progress bar for the restore page of a backup program
Maybe I'm unusual. Aside from tar'ing data to tape on elderly 'nix machines, years ago, nearly all of the backup / restore jobs that I've done have been for work - tape libraries, dedicated servers, etc.
I don't _care_ about progress bars, accurate or not. I'm not going to watch a nifty GUI screen for hours - kick off the job, give me an estimate, notify me when done.
People really care enough to make it an item worth that much skull sweat? Weird.
- ComputerGuru 15y agoPeople really care enough to make it an item worth that much skull sweat? Weird. Unfortunately, yes. The B2C desktop software market is such a cutthroat environment both in terms of what users expect and how much competition there is. It's an entirely different beast and the devil really is in the details. For some reason, bloggers, software review sites, magazines, etc. will really run desktop software through the mill and pick at the nitty-gritties in a way that they don't with webapps. Perhaps because with webapps the user experience is rather ephemeral and can be easily patched or fixed whereas with desktop apps everything has a very "final" feel to it.