Re: Flipping url-show-status default

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:20:45 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

LMI> The url library is very chatty.  I think most users would get a more
LMI> pleasant experience if url-show-status defaulted to nil.  I mean, our
LMI> other network libraries don't issue tons of messages every time you
LMI> transfer data, so I don't really see why url fetching should be
LMI> different.

LMI> This would avoid flashing tons of these messages when you read
LMI> HTML-based news, for instance:

LMI> Reading [image/gif]... 52 bytes of 45 bytes (116%)
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%)
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%) [5 
times]
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%)
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%)
LMI> Reading [text/plain]... 25 bytes of 15 bytes (167%)
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%)
LMI> Reading [text/plain]... 25 bytes of 15 bytes (167%)
LMI> Reading [text/html; charset=UTF-8]... 330 bytes of 321 bytes (103%)
LMI> Reading [text/plain]... 25 bytes of 15 bytes (167%)

Seconded, this is not useful information.

Ted