[tor-talk] Aurora tab loading status

[Joe Btfsplk]

On 11/15/2011 5:06 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 05:01:48PM -0600, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
>> On one hand, I don't want to load up Aurora w/ all kinds of addons that
>> may interfere w/ Aurora's primary function.  On the other, unless just
>> going to one or 2 sites&  staying there, using stock Aurora is
>> irritating at best, when comes to knowing how page loading is
>> progressing.
> I use Vidalia's bandwidth graph, and leave my Firefox alone.
>
> It's not perfect either, but I've found that Firefox is not very good
> at guessing how close it is to being ready, and as you say, I don't want
> to load up my browser with all kinds of addons.
>
> --Roger
I'm not sure I understand you - or vice versa.  I was speaking of a 
"monitor" for a * single page (tab) * being loaded, not total thru put.  
AFAICT, the Vidalia bandwidth monitor would only be useful for my 
purpose, if the one page loading was the ONLY thing using bandwidth 
(will never be the case).  AFAIK, it also can't show a monitor in addon 
bar, menu bar, etc., to see individual page loading progress at a glance.

  I'm just looking for an indicator (green bar, numbers - what ever) 
that shows at least a relative speed, i.e., or the bar's even moving or 
not (if not actual values), and a rough % of how much is left to load.  
So I know if the page is stalled, taking way longer than I'm willing to 
wait or almost thru loading.

Tab Mix Plus can show horiz. progress bars on each tab.  I've found 
they're pretty accurate & give a good idea if page is going to load or 
not.  I've not used the other progress bar addons from MAO, but some 
have several choices of type indicator you'd like to see.  If I 
remember, older Firefox versions had optional page loading status 
indicator - in lower L corner.  Opera had (has?) very similar, that 
showed speed & % transferred.