Invisible wrote:
> Tom Austin wrote:
> 
>> I like the time left shown for copy in Windows - or a install.
>>
>> 3 minutes remaining
>> 10 minutes remaining
>> 4 hours remaining
>> 2 days remaining
>> 1 day remaining
>> 2 minutes remaining
>> 10 seconds remaining
>> 15 seconds remaining
>> done
> 
> I remember when progress bars used to tell you how long something would 
> take. Now it seems fashionable for the bar to instantly fill to 99%, and 
> then lock up for 20 minutes or something. And how many programs have you 
> seen where the bar repeatedly fills and empties, seemingly at random? Hmm?
> 
> My God... I'm old! o_O


On some recent installs I watched the progress bar fill up and start 
over - again and again....

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