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23/12/2005

Filed under: General — Oliver Sturm @ 2:23 pm - 2 years, 8 months ago

I’m sure there was nothing they could possibly have done to prevent that.

I just installed Windows Vista December CTP and found the same behaviour. I took me 3 hours to install under Microsoft Virtual PC. 1 hour to reach the 100% and 2 hours waiting for… I don’t know what.

Comment by Alex Danvy — 27/12/2005 @ 4:42 pm - 2 years, 8 months ago
I think the progress bar is overused in its current format. We need a new UI to represent progress in a way that is more realistic given the (often) unknown nature of any progress.

What do users want to know when the system is performing a task?
1) Is it busy or has it crashed?
2) Shall I sit and stare at the screen, or go away and make a cup of coffee?

A progress bar fulfills (1) relatively well, but (2) is not so obvious.

Comment by Steve Campbell — 4/1/2006 @ 8:10 pm - 2 years, 8 months ago