On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:58:19AM +0100, David 'Bombe' Roden wrote: > On Friday, 20. December 2002 01:52, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > > rather you split the bar up into several components (4 in my proposal > > > IIRC), each representing the number of blocks in each of the 4 states I > > > outlined. > > More than four. > > 1. Not tried yet. > > 2. Trying. > > 3. Failed, retrying. > > 4. Got. > > 5. Failed repeatedly, given up on this one. > > I disagree. The information "failed, retrying" is essentially the same as > "trying" - at least for the average user. Not even I care whether has > already been retried. I want to see it failed or succeeded (though I prefer > succeeded :). It is relevant if you are trying to estimate how far it has got. Isn't it? > > -- > * David 'Bombe' Roden > > _______________________________________________ > devl mailing list > devl at freenetproject.org > http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
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