001023 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 04:59:45AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>> should we not add a 3rd option to SHOW_KB_RATE ,
>> ie KB/sec , bytes/sec or `do not show a rate' ?
>> the TRUE/FALSE choice would have to be replaced by eg KB/BYTES/NONE .
>> is it difficult to do? TD ? DK ?
> It's not difficult to add (no one asked for that before iirc -
> since it's an experimental feature, it's not automatically
> in the configuration, so only the people who wanted it got it).
IIRC the original `bytes/sec' feature goes back to the Age of Giants,
while `KB/sec' was a later variation by someone like VH:
i've never seen the point of either & would probably suppress them, if able;
certainly, allowing suppression would help blind users
avoid having to indulge in gymnastics with their screen-readers.
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