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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education > Stillwater, OK http://www.okcareertech.org/cimc > > >>>> Michael Tuminello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 ________________________________________________________________ *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
