Patent ID: 7213059

Claim:
A method for presenting progress of downloading a Web Page having included objects, the method comprising: accessing the Web Page; estimating a total size for the Web Page, wherein the estimating comprises reading file sizes for the objects, the file size for such an object having an association with a reference in the Web Page to the object, and wherein the reference comprises a tag having a first attribute with a source address for the object; loading the objects for the Web Page; and presenting the estimated total size in comparison to an accumulated loaded amount of the Web Page objects, wherein the comparison is updated at respective instances during the loading in order to dynamically indicate progress; presenting the comparison on a browser program bar and at least one object progress bar wherein said at least one object progress bar presents the loaded amount of at least one web page object; and presepting the browser program bar on a task bar, wherein when the Web page is loaded, the Web page is shown in a browser window if the browser window is displayed, and wherein the task bar is associated with a desktop display, so that even if the browser window for the Web page is minimized or obscured, presentation of download progress remains visible.