442034 - No proper way of telling file upload progress

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 249338

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[slyf]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061815 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061815 Firefox/3.0

There is currently no way of telling how much progress the browser has made with uploading a file.  Perhaps there should be some "file upload progress" implementation?  The StatusBar can sort of tell you, but not exactly.  Perhaps there should be in the progress bar (Uploading File Data: 8%) or something?  It would be useful, especially when uploading large amounts of data, or you are on a slow connection.  Some sites do have progress bars built in, but not all sites (Ex Gmail), so it would be usefull.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a site that allows upload files to (Ex. gmail)
2. Upload a file (Attach a large file in gmail, and send it)
3. Wait impatiently
Actual Results:  
You must just sit, wait, and wonder how long it will take.

Expected Results:  
Your browser could report to you the progress, rather then rely on the website.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

bug 249338 / bug 243468