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On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 03:41:22PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote:
> I was installing a driver and utility disk for a digital camera the
> other day. The primary installer really installed lots of little
> installers which installed other things, most of which had a couple of
> progress bars. Multiple progress bars are stupid. Roll them into
> one. This installation process showed me 28 progress bars. 28! All I
> wanted to know was if it was almost over and how long it would take,
> not the details of every file of every package it was trying to
> install. Bad programmer, no cookie!
Ahh yes, the classic Win98 file copy progress bar. Because you want to know
how long it will take to copy each individual file, not the whole set. This
is useful information. Almost hypnotizing to watch each bar whizz by.
Maybe if it flashes fast enough, it will spell out words.
T===I===T===H===E===T===O===M===I===C===R===O===S===O===F===T
Did they finally fix this moronic design decision in XP?
--
Michael G Schwern schwern@xxxxx.xxx http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
I do have a cause though. It is obscenity. I'm for it.
-- Tom Lehrer "Smut"
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