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Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017) by deecewan on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:14PM (#16295301)
Our software product eventually got auto-save after having required manually saving for a while. We got rid of the save button, and got tons of complaints.

The button went back up, with no functionality, because users liked that.

Finally got rid of the button and put some text that said 'saving...' -> 'auto-saved' in its place.

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Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017) by bitwize on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:31PM (#16295380)
Should have put "Saving. Please do not remove the MEMORY CARD™ or turn off the power."
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Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017) by k__ on Friday February 02, 2018 @08:15PM (#16295539)
Why not an enable/disable edit button?
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