Re: Progress bar lies
Others equate number of files copied as equivalent to percentage complete, regardless of size of the file, or other associated housekeeping that needs doing, so the progress bar goes in fits and starts (punctuated by long stops).
And that's just it - the developers don't generally have time to make it nice, just time to make it done.
Just checked my homebrew backup software - and the percentage complete is based 1/3 on number of files copied and 2/3 on the total bytes copied - you'd think number of bytes copied would be best, but there is overhead between files.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
