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Re:Is coffee a good excuse for a slow application start-up t... by daniel-cussen on Saturday November 24, 2012 @12:07AM (#4824599)
From a technical perspective, this is bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.

But this is a UX question. I could see there being unintuitive nonlinearities with how a user responds to load times. Coffee, too, can be very important to user experience. I'll allow it :)

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Re:Is coffee a good excuse for a slow application start-up t... by ht_th on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:42AM (#4824915)
Yes, with waiting time there seem to be a zone of frustration. Waiting a short time isn't a problem. Waiting a long time, i.e., 8 minutes gives me ample time to do something else,like, getting a coffee. However, a waiting time in between is frustrating as I am waiting wasting my time, and I know it.
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