On Jan 2, 2008, at 5:08 PM, pauric wrote:
> Progress bars shouldnt really refill unless its a staged install or
> something similar like the xp bootup screens.
>
> If the underlying functionality is not able to provide the
> presentation layer with a finite completion estimate then I provide
> an 'hourglass'. Really good example of this is the browser page
> loading animation.
I don't disagree, although I think users were long ago trained that a
working hourglass and a hung/looping hourglass (or "spinning beachball
of death") are indistinguishable. An hourglass that stays up for more
than about 5 seconds increases the feeling that the app is dead every
second thereafter.
A place where an hourglass works fine, though, is where something is
loading and the user can see the new items fill in as they wait.
An hourglass is a degenerate version of a refilling meter pattern,
isn't it?
-- Jim Drew
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