Re:Ask HN: Why don't progress bars ever work properly?
by informatimago on Thursday December 18, 2014 @10:06AM
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Progress bars should show what? Percentage of "progress", ie. of the work done, or percentage of time spent processing the whole task?
In the first case, if a task is subdivided in 4 subtasks, we can assign 25% for each subtask, but if the third task takes more time, then the progress bar will move slower for this subtask.
In the first case, if a task is subdivided in 4 subtasks, we can assign 25% for each subtask, but if the third task takes more time, then the progress bar will move slower for this subtask.
In the last case, how do you predict the future?