August 2018
Beginner
414 pages
3h 16m
English
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Chapter #58. Show a Numeric Progress Indicator on the Progress Bar
Show a numeric (percentage) indicator on the progress bar, but only if there's time to read it.
A progress bar with a numeric indicator
A progress bar and a number that appears for a fraction of a second is just confusing and adds to the visual clutter that the user needs to process. If they're going to be stuck looking at the progress bar for a few seconds, then a percentage is a nice, universally-understood way of keeping them updated.
Also, this numeric indicator could be an amount of time. So, for an update, you can show a certain amount of minutes remaining. However, a percentage ...