[IxDA Discuss] Some form fun, to lighten the mood

[Sebi Tauciuc]

It is an arbitrary indication, but to some extent at least I think it does
set expectations. We tend to judge and evaluate based on past experience, so
if going through Step2 of a form takes us 3 seconds, I think we will assume
that Step3 won't take more than 10-20 seconds. If Step takes 3 minutes, we
will probably assume Step3 may take more than 1 minute.

Sebi

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:14:41, pauric <radiorental at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've used progress bars a lot in the past both as a designer and as a
> user.  I believe the only true value they bring to a design is the
> illusion of speed. That things are moving along.
>
> However I disagree that they set expectations for users. Step 3 can
> still contain the War & Peace of forms - I think its false to say
> users dont expect they'll get hit with something like that.  So, in
> the end it is an arbitrary indication of how long something is going
> to take.
>



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