[IxDA Discuss] the appearance of change

[Julie Palmer]

I love them too, but let's think for a moment about why they even exist.

As Tracy says, they just tell us whether our computers are locked up. If
it weren't for the poor user experience that we've been subjected to
with bad operating systems, clunky applications or web pages that have
unacceptable load times, would we need them? If the products have
achieved acceptable levels of functionality/usability, the progress bars
of which we are so fond might not be necessary. I personally find that
I'm less reliant on them when I'm using a Mac. :-)

<apologies for straying so far from the original topic!>

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