> though you may opt for a spinner if a progressive operation is consistently, predictably very short For greater guidance on this, the Nielsen Norman Group sp

> though you may opt for a spinner if a progressive operation is consistently, predictably very short For greater guidance on this, the Nielsen Norman Group spake thusly: > Use a progress indicator for any action that takes longer than about 1.0 second. > [A looped loading animation] should be reserved for actions that take between 2-10 seconds. For anything that takes less than 1 second to load, it is distracting to use a looped animation, because users cannot keep up with what happened and might feel anxious about whatever flashed on the screen > Generally, percent-done progress indicators should be used for longer processes that take 10 or more seconds. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/progress-indicators/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/progress-indicators/