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Re:Progressive JPEGs: a new best practice by neumann_alfred on Saturday December 29, 2012 @06:21PM (#4983871)
The first paint is often quite jarring

To me it's still better than nothing. Just like I don't enjoy websites that only paint after they're done loading.

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Re:Progressive JPEGs: a new best practice by weixiyen on Saturday December 29, 2012 @06:50PM (#4983940)
Is it really better than a loading indicator?

Just use the title link as a reference. First you see chicken wings, then all of a sudden 6 piglets.

The transition paint is really meaningless.

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Re:Progressive JPEGs: a new best practice by neumann_alfred on Sunday December 30, 2012 @07:22AM (#4985493)
Is it really better than a loading indicator?

For me, yes. It is a loading indicator, without any additional "noise".

Also, the second-to-last pass is often quite good, if not indistinguishable from the last one. So you have the full image already, while more details get filled in, instead of first having the top, then the middle, then the bottom, and to me that's less "jarring".

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