Yet another really bad progress meter

This one is really bad.

I wrote about how bad progress meters are in my old blog. The directX 9.0a update download progress meter runs smoothly from left to right and seems really accurate. It tries to give you an estimate down to the second. Why? But the really bad part is it redraws the text portion of the progress (how many seconds remain) enough times per second (I estimate about 60 times a second) to make my monitor look like its flickering, AND its still not accurate.

This seems like a case where the Dev should have run the PM over for a stupid idea, or in all fairness the otherway. When will people stop thinking that they can predict the future? You can't. So Stop. You always look stupid when you try. Stop.

Right uri? (um you also always look stupid when you use your psycic powers to bend the flat wear. "I have super natural powers..." "Watch out now, i'm gonna fuck your spoon". Are you angry with someone so you bend their spoon? Makes no sense at all. It's the same thing.)

don't sue me.