How come Mac OS X's Software Update doesn't show a total time ETA and size?

Hello.
I noticed when downloading big updates from Mac OS X 10.5's Software Update, it doesn't show the TOTAL time left and size. It only shows the individual updates (e.g., iTunes). Is there a way to show the totals especially when downloading takes forever?
Thank you in advance.

Kappy wrote:
Well not in Software Update, but if you download standalone updates directly from Apple's download site - support.apple.com/downloads/ - using Safari then you will get that information reported in the browser's download manager. However, Software Update does report the size of each listed update.
Yeah, I wanted to know the total of all updates since some updates are so huge. Like Java update 5 is like over 160 MB! Add iTunes and others! Yikes.

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