159523 - Status bar information in Netscape style

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 88982

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Andrei Boros]

I respectfully request that Mozilla continue in the tradition of the Netscape
browser with proper, information rich status bar messages :

A page loading should display the following sequence :

1) Looking up host name [host] ... 
(resolver lookup)
(current implementation "Resolving ..." is ok)

2) Contacting host [host] ... 
(SYN sent, waiting for TCP connection)

3) Connect: Host contacted, waiting for reply 
(TCP connection open, request headers sent)

4) overall: display progress for html page, periodically cycle progress display
for inline images/embeds
overall: progrogress bar should reflect the percentage displayed as text.

4a) Receiving xx% of yyykB [filename]
(download progress indicator for filename)

4b) Receiving xx% of yyykB (ETA: mm:ss; rate: zzkb/s) [filename]
(download progress indicator with ETA display, activated after allowing
sufficient time for initial statistics to be gathered)

4c) Receiving yyykB [filename]
(download progress, no filesize available in response headers)

4d) Receiving yyykB (rate: zzkB/s) [filename]
(download progress, no filesize available in response headers, transfer rate
estimator display)

5) Document done. (page has finished loading)


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Current behaviour:
step 1) Resolving host...
step 2+3) Sending request... (offeres less information)
step 4) Transfering data from ... (offeres much less information then Netscape
3/4, no usable progress, etc, progress bar on the right leaves the user to
wander to what exactly it refers...)

Comment 1

[Robert Wall]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88982 ***

Comment 2

[Marcus Campbell]

Verified.

Comment 3

[Marcus Campbell]

-DUPEME