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I.E. Bogus Progress Meter?

In I.E. 6 (and probably other versions as well), there is a sort of progress
meter in the panel at the bottom of the window. This meter increments a few
pixels at a time when the browser is trying to connect or do some other
operation that is taking more than a few seconds.

My suspicion is that there is no way that this "progress meter" can actually
be metering anything meaningful (at least with respect to whatever is being
downloaded or time remaining to connect).

So is it there just to let us know that the browser, itself, is not hung?
Any other purpose?
Nov 18 '05 #1
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Perhaps you should ask this question in an Internet Explorer newsgroup.

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In I.E. 6 (and probably other versions as well), there is a sort of progress meter in the panel at the bottom of the window. This meter increments a few pixels at a time when the browser is trying to connect or do some other
operation that is taking more than a few seconds.

My suspicion is that there is no way that this "progress meter" can actually be metering anything meaningful (at least with respect to whatever is being downloaded or time remaining to connect).

So is it there just to let us know that the browser, itself, is not hung?
Any other purpose?

Nov 18 '05 #2

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