[IxDA Discuss] Latency

[Claude Knaus]

Hi Jens,

I rarely feel that I am wasting time when it takes several minutes to
wait. I carry around a book most of the time. In situations where
reading is inconvenient, I think about my pet project.

However, if the expected waiting time is short, like latency on a
mouse click, it is a problem if there is no prompt feedback. It is a
shame that today's operating systems did not adopt real-time
scheduling from operating systems like the Amiga OS. In my opinion,
user interaction imposes real-time constraints on feedback as a
requirement.

-- Claude

On 10/1/07, Jens Meiert <jens.meiert at erde3.com> wrote:
> Dear IxDA colleagues,
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> flanking my "vision" of a "latency-free world" [1], I'm interested in your assessment of the impact latency has on any user experience. I know that there is research showing that wait is a quite subjective thing, thus not necessarily having a negative impact, but what chances are there to raise more awareness for that issue? How critical do you judge it?
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> Best regards,
>  Jens.
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> [1] http://meiert.com/en/blog/20071001/the-vision-of-a-latency-free-world/
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> Jens Meiert
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