Alexandre Lemieux

With the Internet widely available, many software clients are asking for built-in networking capabilities. Data exchange is an advantage in any software product, and software that offers networking functions has a better chance of being selected. Although the Internet has spread throughout the world, the rate of data transmission is still a problem, even on your business's local area network. Getting files from the Internet easily takes a few minutes even with a high-speed connection. Users want to see what's going on with their software when it's looking for data on the Internet. Telling them when it's over isn't sufficient. Programmers need to show them, by any means possible, that data is flowing between the server and their software. Elements such as the completion percentage, transfer rate, progress bar, estimated remaining download time and animation will mak... (more)