Re:UI Web Design 5 Rules of Thumb
by lelandfe on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:09PM
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> though you may opt for a spinner if a progressive operation is consistently, predictably very short
For greater guidance on this, the Nielsen Norman Group says thusly:
> Use a progress indicator for any action that takes longer than about 1.0 second.
> [A looped loading animation] should be reserved for actions that take between 2-10 seconds. For anything that takes less than 1 second to load, it is distracting to use a looped animation, because users cannot keep up with what happened and might feel anxious about whatever flashed on the screen
> Generally, percent-done progress indicators should be used for longer processes that take 10 or more seconds.
For greater guidance on this, the Nielsen Norman Group says thusly:
> Use a progress indicator for any action that takes longer than about 1.0 second.
> [A looped loading animation] should be reserved for actions that take between 2-10 seconds. For anything that takes less than 1 second to load, it is distracting to use a looped animation, because users cannot keep up with what happened and might feel anxious about whatever flashed on the screen
> Generally, percent-done progress indicators should be used for longer processes that take 10 or more seconds.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/progress-indicators/