The status bar at the bottom of a browser window shows loading progress, connection speed, and URL addresses. It can also display program and data information, and is used in console-based applications.
A computer’s status bar is the bar at the bottom of the browser window. When the internet is in use, the main function of this bar is to show the progress of the computer in loading the website, hence it can be referred to as the HTML status bar. When a person clicks on a link, the URL address loads into the address bar, the box at the top of the browser window that shows the website address. Status bars show the connection speed between your computer and the server where the web page is stored. They also show how much page has loaded, and once the page has fully loaded, the bar goes blank again.
The network status bar is also useful because it shows the URL address of the hyperlink when the user places the cursor over the link. When a person is browsing a website, as long as the cursor is idle, the status bar usually says Done or something similar. When the cursor hovers over a link, the bar will display the website that the user will be directed to if they click on the link.
Javascripts also use a text status bar to display information as a status bar message. Also, websites that contain quizzes often show answers in this bar. This bar is always a horizontal line and takes up minimal space on a computer screen. It’s almost always at the bottom of the screen, but some computers display it at the top.
In addition to revealing information and download progress, status bars can also provide valuable information about the status of a program or the data contents of a window. Each program will give the bar a different look; for example, Internet Explorer status bars will show information about Internet settings and the user’s progress with it, while a Windows status bar will show the number of files it contains and disk space. Status bars can be divided into sections that display various information, although the main task of this bar is to show the current state of the open application. Some bars have additional options such as settings that can be selected to protect information or hide the status bar.
Text status bars are the most common type in a console-based application that expects a text-mode configuration. With that application, the bar is displayed in an 80 by 25 text mode, which simply refers to displaying text, not images, on the screen. The first 24 rows are left free for application data. Status bars are useful for confining all necessary information about a program to one area that computer users are familiar with.
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