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bs90235
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 Posted - 07/02/2007 : 19:36:10
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Hello,
I was wondering if it would be possible to get a "currently downloading at ___ kb/sec" or something added to the program. We are interested in using the software for a mmog patch distribution but in early testing users couldnt tell if they were downloading or not on slow connections. (updates can be up to several gb's)
Thankyou
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SimonEllis
Australia
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 03:06:17
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I think to add this is not very difficult. The problem is how to make a reliable measurement of the download speed. Of-course, it may not be particularly important to have an accurate measurement (rather, we want to show progress), but it would be useful if the measurement was at least realistic.
What is your dead-line? It may be best if you send me an email via the contact page to discuss. |
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aglover
Australia
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Posted - 10/28/2007 : 08:26:20
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this would be a nice feature.
I second this request  |
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rkamp
USA
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Posted - 11/21/2007 : 12:19:08
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Any progress on this feature? I just moved to a new server for my updates and would really like to see if the download speeds were improved.
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SimonEllis
Australia
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Posted - 11/21/2007 : 16:43:26
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Coincidentally, only about 1 hr ago, a version was put up with the feature that you requested:
http://AutoUpdatePlus.com/News.html
It would be great if you could maybe download and test on a separate PC and email me back any feedback.
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rkamp
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2007 : 23:03:32
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Thanks for the update. It seems to work fine. The timer wasn't quite what I expected. I expected to see a display similar to the first post: "currently downloading at ___ kb/sec". The countdown timer is a useful feature, though.
I assume you must be calculating this because you know how long the download will take.
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SimonEllis
Australia
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Posted - 11/22/2007 : 07:23:53
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Putting in kb/sec was the initial idea, but it doesn't work. People complain and ask what the 'kb/sec' thing means (at least in our case where some end-users are not tech-savvy). The timer people understand, so that's what we put in. The countdown time is of-course calculated based on sampling the current download rate, and doing a bunch of averaging and smoothing to make it more reliable. It is an approximation, so the time displayed may not be all that correct, much like the 'remaining time' counter that Windows displays when you transfer very large files. This is simply the nature of the problem - the download rate tends to have a lot of variability, so estimations of remaining time tend to contain a measure of inaccuracy. You will find that it's much more accurate if you have lots of large files to download.
If you have any problems with the timer then let us know. I think it meets the core requirement, namely to show that progress is being made when a large file is being downloaded, but it would be interesting to hear feedback on how well you consider that it performs when working with your specific update files.
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qwerty
Brazil
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Posted - 12/29/2007 : 16:28:27
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Cool, I really like it!
Note for anyone testing: The update client seems to wait for a bit of data and stability in order to get a decent measure of the time left. So the timer will only show if the update is going to take 15 sec or longer (ie if you want to see this feature then deploying 1K test files is unlikely to trigger the timer). |
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Current Download Speed?
