Don't trust default timeouts

Re:Don't trust default timeouts by astrobe_ on Saturday August 29, 2020 @05:37PM (#24319602)

Failing because of a too short timeout feels silly, but a stupidly large timeout leads to frustration and hazardous user actions like killing the app with the task manager.

You don't need a timeout, you need a "cancel" button.

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Re:Don't trust default timeouts by user5994461 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @06:11PM (#24319780)

Funny you mention that, this reminds me of Windows task management. Windows automatically gives a popup to terminate an application when it detects an application is unresponsive.

This happens regularly when I open large files in some app, they take a fair bit of time to load, Windows offers a popup to kill the app after few seconds. Have to carefully wait and not click anything.

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Re:Don't trust default timeouts by afiori on Sunday August 30, 2020 @04:17AM (#24322105)

Or a retry button. The point is that the application does not know if your network has a ridiculous latency that messes up tight timeouts

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