Error margin auto detection

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It would be nice if error margins were automatically handled by specto, if
the user requests so.

To do that, the user would click an "autodetect" button, which would
display a "please wait, analyzing" dialog. Meanwhile, Specto would load the
page 3-5 times and determine the average/maximum % variation (because of
ads on a webpage for example) and determine the error margin from that.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nekoh...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2007 at 7:46

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"where would you add the button? when you add the watch or when you edit the 
watch?
- both I guess, since in both cases you can set the error margin, it's just a 
button
that would go besides it
- the problem is that you have to create the watch to be able to get the error 
margin
and when you add a watch, the watch isn't created yet. Maybe you will have to 
create
a ghost watch or something that you remove when you know the error_margin
- I think that may be too acrobatic/dangerous, might as well just have the 
feature
for Edit watch
- or maybe an option in the menu. it opens a dialog where you select the web 
watches
where you want automatic error margin detection

Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2007 at 5:21

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Original comment by nekoh...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2011 at 5:13

• Changed title: Error margin auto detection
• Changed state: Accepted