Transfer rate

[quantum]

I'm glad to see the transfer rate in kbytes/second when copying large files. However it's not helpful to see the number bounce around from 1500kb to 7000kb back to 3500kb all within 2 seconds. It would be much more useful if the number was averaged for 5 seconds or possibly for the entire transfer.

Any way to do this either with a setting or a plugin?

[ghisler(Author)]

The numers are indeed averaged, so when you see bouncing, it's probably your connection which is varying, e.g. a dynamic speed limit by your provider.

[quantum]

What is the averaged time frame? Is it an average for the entire transfer, or for a certain period of time like the last 3 seconds?

I'm actually looking at local drive copies, not FTP downloads if that matters.

[Hacker]

It is about one second, as far I can determine the interval between two changes of the value.

Roman

[IGL]

I am looking at the FTP transfer at the moment and it jumps more frequently then every second or half a second.
But still the counting period may be different, eg. counting takes last 2 seconds but is updated more frequently (eg. every 100ms or after transfering more than 10kb of data etc).

[quantum]

It definately changes too quickly to be useful and reduces the ability to get a feel for the current rate. I'd prefer a 3 or 5 second (or user defined) window for the average. I don't care to see 2 changes every second.