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?
> 
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>  * David 'Bombe' Roden
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