States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws [pdf]

Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by billylindeman on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:56PM (#25452273)

I've worked at a startup in the past where the design team requested we put artificial delays / fake progress bars in. I told the design team that 1) Its just bad design / hostile to our users, and 2) that I'd quit before I'd build it for them.

It's a hill I'd be happy to die on. I feel like 6/10 engineers wouldn't care to have that fight, let alone risk their job over it. I'm lucky to be in a position that I am even able to. So many are not. Yet another example for the banality of evil.

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Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by ricardo81 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @04:29AM (#25453999)

I agree, I've heard of artificial delays being introduced because some loading of things was deemed 'too quick'- something about the user expects some delay and anything quicker than that gives the feel that nothing has really happened. I can see the logic in it a wee bit, I'll try find a link to their thinking on it.

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Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by alsetmusic on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:35AM (#25457135)

Artificial delays and user satisfaction (with focus group testing) were discussed in this podcast episode:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wait-wait-tell-me/

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Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by whatshisface on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:31AM (#25457091)

If they have to add something, add an animation.

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Re:States bring action against Google under federal and stat... by switch11 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:04PM (#25452319)

Tip of the hat to you

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