On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:48:20PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > > > 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? > > It would give the user more accurate information about what is > happening and therefore give them a better ability to determine > progress, however the question is whether a newbie a) would understand Your scheme requires the newbie to learn or figure out that the yellow section is redundant, and the only clue they get is the color. This is no different. If they are quite clearly shades of the same color, where is the harm? > or b) cares about that kind of detail. > > I say no. If someone wants that kind of detail, let them use the expert > view. What if the expert wants a compact view? > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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