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Animating graphics while loading were invented as a way to reassure the user that nothing was stalled, halted or crashed. Therefore, any loading graphic whose
by teddyh 3y ago
Animating graphics while loading were invented as a way to reassure the user that nothing was stalled, halted or crashed. Therefore, any loading graphic whose animation is not directly tied to the thing which is waited on (i.e. the loading of assets, the reticulating of splines, etc.) is fundamentally dishonest, and teaches users to distrust loading animations; that is, the reason they exist in the first place.
- pqdbr 3y agoSorry to disappoint you, but historically a majority of progress bars in UI have shown either fake progress or a huge jump between low and high % of completion.
- teddyh 3y agoI am well aware.
- nhinck2 3y agohttps://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines I honestly can't tell if you are joking.
- teddyh 3y agoI knowingly used the joke phrase as a stand-in for whatever processing one might have an animation for.