As a programmer I can help defend the code writer, and both request the feature and request it NOT be implimented.
Programattically it is almost impossible to ballpark file i/o time + registry i/o time + .... and then make your progress bar behave realistically (progress bars that show nothing but file work ok, you mix file and memory and the progress bar jumps and stalls).
That said, I like to have an idea if I have 5 minutes left or 5 hours - so I want a real working progress bar.
Cost / benefit wise I prefer to have a tiny clean sharp exe that does the job with no bloat - progress bars almost always bloat the code to ridiculous levels.
So what's my ultimate input. I say leave a true progress out, dump the existing progress bar, and add a text field with say "delete file progress 5%" "delete registry progress 30%" and update the text as appropriate. This is more usefull than the duh progress bar you have now, and less bloaty than any other graphical option. Sure it's less pretty, but we are here for something that does a job good and clean not all pretty and half working. (sorry for the blunt, but we are here cause this is the best program, not junk code).
Hello there,
Partially I agree with Brain75 when he sais that it is quite impossible the implement an accurate progress bar. Never the less, I also agree with those how think that this is not very helpful.
So my suggestion is that CCleaner should inform the user about what is really happening during the cleaning process. By this I don't mean anything specially hard to make. For example you could use the existing control (a textbox, I supose) to keep printing the actual status. Something like this:
- Cleaning started on 2007-01-03 at 10:29 PM
[2007-01-03 10:29:41 ] Temporary Internet files: Done
The 'progress bar' in CCleaner does not help the user
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Hello there,
Partially I agree with Brain75 when he sais that it is quite impossible the implement an accurate progress bar. Never the less, I also agree with those how think that this is not very helpful.
So my suggestion is that CCleaner should inform the user about what is really happening during the cleaning process. By this I don't mean anything specially hard to make. For example you could use the existing control (a textbox, I supose) to keep printing the actual status. Something like this:
And so on...
Best regards,