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I wonder why no browser out there has such simple but essential feature. Am I missing something? Is there a technical reason?
I'm tired of all those javascript/flash/java hacks out there ...
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Show activity on this post. Open DevTools and on the Network page wait for the Uploading (25%)... message to pop up on the bottom left corner of Chrome. It doesn't work if you stop the upload half-way through by stopping the page, or going to another webpage, you have to let the upload finish.
The Uploads window can be launched from the Tools menu after installation, much like the Downloads window can. The easiest way to access it in recent versions of Firefox is to hit the Alt-key and select Tools from the menu bar that opens up then.
There is no technical reason preventing the browser from calculating the total bytes to be sent and then tracking how many have been received by the server (Thanks, Kibbee for your comment). Firefox had a functional upload progress indicator until version 0.9, but that build broke it in 2004.
Reading through the Bugzilla updates, it seems that this feature doesn't seem to benefit enough users to get any traction from the developers.
Users who regularly upload very large files tend to use tools like FTP that are designed for this purpose, so they are not affected.
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Adding to flamingLogos argument, you might operate behind a proxy which takes your five megabytes of pure goodness within a second, and then sends it off to the server over a 56kbit modem.
I perceive a wrong progress bar slightly worse than no progress bar at all, and there would be many people for who it would be wrong all of the time.
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