Why can’t the omnipotent software engineers and programmers figure out a way to more accurately display the time remaining for a particular task to finish? I have been re-installing some software and the installation program started by stating that it had 4 hours remaining, that was 45 minutes ago. Now, it states that there is 1 minute remaining. It has stated “Estimated time remaining… 1 minute” for approximately 10 minutes. This is rather annoying. Suppose this was the norm for all other tasks that required you to wait for a period of time…
Say you wanted to buy a hamburger at McDoogles. You enter the store, place your order and are told that your burger will be ready in approximately 48 minutes. You decide to run across the street to buy a birthday card for a friend, after all, you have 48 minutes. McDoogles calls your order number 1 minute and 25 seconds after you placed the order, but you are already gone. You re-enter McDoogles, with 7 minutes remaining in your initial approximated burger delivery time frame. McDoogles lets you know that they discarded your order approximately 20 minutes ago due to your failure to pick it up. They then notify you that the current wait for a burger is estimated at 36 minutes.
I don’t think McDoogle’s would be in business for very long if this were the case. So, I urge software engineers to more accurately predict and estimate the time it will take me to install this software. Oh yeah, I still have an estimated 1 minute remaining…
Tag: Annoyances
Estimated Time Remaining
I am not alone!
For years I have been raging, albeit quietly and to myself, about super bright LEDs. When I bought my Playstation 2 I couldn’t wait to get it home, load Gran Turismo, turn off the lights and spend 48 straight hours earning enough play-money to buy my favorite car (a Nissan Skyline GTR). Imagine my sorrow when I powered it on, inserted the game, turned off the lights and sat on the couch only to be temporarily blinded by the uber-bright blue LED shining with megawatt LASER like intensity from the front of the device. Who in their right mind would put such a bright light on a device that most people will use in a low-light environment.
The same thing happened when I plugged in my M-Audio Studiophile BX-5 self powered monitor speakers. These speakers each have a bright blue LED right under the speaker. I use these speakers, as I guess most people do, as the primary monitors for my computer which I also use as a Digital Audio Workstation. This means that they are always turned on, and the LED is always emitting an intense amount of light.
Well, finally someone has validated my long held distaste for bright LEDs on electronics device, and that somebody is Wired News.
[Read the full article here: Backlash Brews Over Blue LEDs]
