3 ms·
because many operations will be a success 99.9% of the time and it's often possible (and better overall UX) to handle the error case gracefully a second or two
by grandalf 13y ago
because many operations will be a success 99.9% of the time and it's often possible (and better overall UX) to handle the error case gracefully a second or two later.
- nilliams 13y agoYep, 'optimistic updates' is the term I like. Alex Maccaw wrote a good article on the subject a few years back: http://old.alexmaccaw.com/posts/async_ui http://old.alexmaccaw.com/posts/async_ui