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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > -- Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
