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UI tip: maybe don't round percentages to 0% or 100% (evanhahn.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] gjoel 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Perhaps just never show 0% or 100%? Surely the computer is fast enough to start work before showing the progress bar, and if it's all done it should move away from the bar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don’t think that’s really the point they’re making. They’re advising not to round very low percentages down to 0% or very high percentages up to 100% because that can be misleading.

(So I guess, in a way, they agree with you?)