Because of the complaints by other people, I looked at the progress bar and said to myself that I could understand why a project manager would want the code changed to provide the segment count.

But it was a surprise to me that it was not implemented similar to other areas that allow you to choose either segment count or word count.

I was, however, happy that I now knew the change had been made, otherwise I would have been confused if I used the progress bar at some point and couldn't figure out why it was not showing the proper word count any more -- because there was no indication anywhere that a change had been made, and I would naturally have assumed that it was still supposed to show word counts, not segment counts, and this was a "bug". And then I would have reported the "bug" in the forum, just like the other translators were trying to do.

I therefore consider myself lucky to have learned that the change had been made. It falls into that very large category of odd things in Studio that are "good to know".

My original comment was simply that the code to display the word count was obviously available, since it was used before, and it would have been easy to add a dropdown in the ribbon where you could choose segments or words.

Since the new code for the segment count is now available, the only thing needed would be the simple addition of a dropdown in the ribbon, adding a branch in the code, and putting back the old word count code at the branch.

Throwing out the old code for the word count seemed silly to me. And based on the reactions of other translators who actually use the word count and thought this was a "bug", you can see there is a demand for both counts. Translators want word count, project managers want segment count.

In my opinion at the time, telling the translators to check the other places where the word count is shown is a bit "rude", given that providing a choice would have been so easy.

But in the end, I really couldn't care less, since I don't generally use the progress bar anyway. Basta. Do what you want.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over it now that I know the change was made.

Thanks Bruce Campbell .  Is this the only feedback you have on the new Manager View?  Everything else about it is perfect?

Thanks Bruce Campbell .  Is this the only feedback you have on the new Manager View?  Everything else about it is perfect?