progress indicator mysteries

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Sun May 6 07:43:27 UTC 2001



Simon Michael wrote:
> 
> As a learning exercise, I went digging to see if I can find out what
> the project-loading progress indicator is telling me. I have been
> studying ComplexProgressIndicator & friends.
> 
> Have I got it right:
> 
> blue = downloading
> green = unzipping
> magenta = collecting (gathering, preparing) resources
> 
> ?
> 
> For most projects, my system (P266, DSL) spends some time in blue, a
> little time in green, and a lot of time in magenta. What is it doing
> with the resources that takes so long, I wonder ?  I don't think it's
> downloading, because my network lights aren't flashing.

These projects are image segments, which are parts of images gathered
together with the garbage collector and segmented out. The  magenta pass
merges the segment with the image. 

Karl





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