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Posted by Kimmo Laine on 12/18/12 11:51
"Ian Davies" <iandan.dav@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:C98og.20020$OT.3968@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>I have a script which uploads files to my site.
> I limit file size and the files upload quickly
> The a summary of what happens is
>
> MESSAGE "Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla
> Script to transfer the files
> MESSAGE "File uploaded sucessfully"
>
> Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time. I
> wish
> to have a second delay between the first and second message. How do I
> insert
> a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just to create the
> impression that something is churning away uploading the file
This reminds me of a WTF published at thedailywtf.com some time ago:
http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/74323.aspx
Bascily this is what happened: customer doesn't believe an analysis could
run so and so fast and insisted that it's broken, so the programmer checks
the code just to see it in fact works correctly, so he adds a delay and a
dummy progress bar to the software to give the client an impression of
something happening. Later client complains it's now too slow, could they
perhaps optimize the code. Sure, the developer reduces the delay to a
shorter time and the company charges $5000 for "optimizing" the process.
Client happily pays and gets faster program. Everyone's happy!
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