KMountPoint::probablySlow and cifs mount points

[Aurélien Gâteau]

Le lundi 25 novembre 2013 20:38:58 Ingo Klöcker a écrit :
> On Monday 25 November 2013 18:46:27 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> > Le lundi 25 novembre 2013 18:23:53 Mark Gaiser a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Aurélien Gâteau <agateau at kde.org>
> 
> wrote:
> > > >> 2. If you follow this route, you are already in the
> > > >> "probablySlow"
> > > >> path thus it copies over a likely slow connection. Have you
> > > >> though
> > > >> about the added bandwidth that takes? Not everyone is on
> > > >> unlimited
> > > >> insanely fast internet lines. Some people have bandwidth caps.
> > > >> For the record: i'm not one of those.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think users consider PDF files as streamable content that
> > > > can be progressively read: it would make it impossible to do
> > > > things like searching
> > > > for text across the document: you need the whole document. People
> > > > with bandwidth caps are aware of them and will download the file
> > > > themselves before opening it.
> > > 
> > > Sorry, but this is a moot argument. People very often don't know if
> > > they have a bw limit or on what kind of connection they are. Not
> > > everyone is as technical as you and me.
> > 
> > Capped connections for DSL lines do not exist anymore in France, but
> > they do exist for cellphone contracts and everybody around me with
> > such a contract is aware of them. I have no idea of what it is like
> > in other countries though, but I believe that people are very quick
> > learners when it comes to misfeatures leading to less money on their
> > bank account :)
> 
> Just for you information: The ex-telephone-monopolist in Germany has
> just recently introduced capped connections for standard DSL contracts.
> There has been a large outcry in the IT community, but the contracts
> were not changed. It's still not clear whether the capping will ever
> become effective; currently, it's not effective (probably due to
> technical reasons).
> 
> Conclusion: You better avoid extrapolating your experience to the world.

Ouch. I certainly did not intend to say "Capped DSL connections do not exist 
in France therefore they do not exist in the rest of the world", but rather: 
"I can't comment on capped DSL connections, but this is how people I know deal 
with a situation which I think is similar".

Aurélien