[IxDA Discuss] the appearance of change

[Michael Tuminello]

BTW, the progress bar just popped into my head as an applicable  
example.  I don't want to be known as the guy who thinks progress  
bars are bad.   I don't.

MT

On Jan 2, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Tracy Boyington wrote:

> As long as its animated, even a "fudged" progress bar tells me that my
> computer has not locked up. That's really all I ask for.
>
> ~~~~~
> Tracy Boyington     tracy_boyington at okcareertech.org
> Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education
> Stillwater, OK          http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc
>
>
>>>> Michael Tuminello <mt at motiontek.com> 1/1/2008 6:48 PM >>>
> A good general example of this in software design would be progress
> bars.  Some are in fact accurate but many are fudged to some degree
> or other, and in that case they are just a design element that has
> been produced to elicit the desired response (patience) from the user.
>
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