The Visual Marker That Something’s Happening

Why the Progress Bar Is Lying to You

Frankly, it’s nothing but a visual marker that the computer is doing something and has not failed. So perhaps a spinner is better than a progress bar, although that might lead one to think that the application has broken but the wheel still spins.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 4:28 pm by The Director and is filed under Miscellany. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “The Visual Marker That Something’s Happening”

  1. Tom Kyle Says:
    February 28th, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Funny, that’s never been an issue with the twirling baton in BSD-derived systems.

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