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It's not "bad" in the sense of actually hurting people, but it is dishonest... it's a meaningless progress bar (not so terrible, Windows has us used to these),
by obviouslygreen 14y ago
It's not "bad" in the sense of actually hurting people, but it is dishonest... it's a meaningless progress bar (not so terrible, Windows has us used to these), but the series of lies flitting on and off the page definitely isn't good.
We all know banks aren't trustworthy, but that's what they should be, and their goal should be actual trustworthiness and not false, theatrical crap like this.
- bonaldi 14y agoOr false, theatrical crap like building themselves massive stone buildings more suited for courthouses than branches and decking their interiors out with dark wood and brass? Banks are all about theatrics in the service of image. They depend upon it, in fact. A bank that loses trust is a bank in danger of a run.
- Dylan16807 14y agoImpressive buildings are theatrical but not at all false. They don't really have a veracity at all. A throbber is theatrics. Fake progress messages are (excluding joke examples like in video games) a lie.
- obviouslygreen 14y agoThat's just another way to state my point. Depending on theatricality instead of actually EARNING trust is exactly the wrong way to approach such a goal.
- path411 14y agoHow is it dishonest? I would consider it a theatrical demonstration of what's actually happening. The steps of the gif are: -Establishing secure connection -Sending Credentials -Authenticating -Building Secure Environment That's not too far off of layman's terms of what is happening when they logon albeit just not as slow. If it provides a layperson the same sense of trust that a technical person would feel if they listed the technical terms, isn't this an accurate demonstration?