Bars vs Balls

Bars

>>55793956
Dancing animu grills

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this

I like you
You have balls
I like balls

>>55793956
none. dont let a the existence of a progress indicator make you justify a slow app. create a thread to load stuff in the background then switch the view.

>>55794028
The thing is, this app fetches a JSON from a web site, and depending on the size it may take a while.

>>55793956
If it's a real program/app, the native one. If it's web-based one that blends in the design you already used for the rest.

Show an actual numerical percentage that indicates progress instead of some bullshit spinning gif.

Circle with a notch is what I use.

http://shijou.moe/imas-radio/

Click in the anime girl

>>55793969
I agree. It's 2016, this is the only way to go.

>>55793956
Rage face that cycles through various stages of rage

>>55794028
>create a thread to load stuff in the background then switch the view.

That's the same shit, if you're loading stuff in the background you want the view to update while you're viewing it

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>>55794028
>javascript
>thread

>>55794201
ok then. use progress icons. you know better

>>55793956
Neither. Try a loading bar that actually displays fucking progress.

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Think I got this one from Azure.

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>>55793956
Use mine.

(Can somebody animate it? I want to see how it would look animated.)

>>55794309
Oh, it would look awesome if the square at the third stage spun and threw the cubes one by one.

>>55794055
This

>>55794071
I don't like it. Your circle is not right.

Use dots ......45%...... Going across with percentage in

>>55793956
balls.bars are fucking ugly

Dancing lolis.

>>55793956
For the love of all that is holy use the default for your OS so that it doesn't look like a cancer-inducing turd.

Out of those two? Balls.

Personally I prefer something like:

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You can't go wrong with the progress bar from Windows XP.

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This one

>>55794262
that's not minimalist enough

<(^^<) <(^^)> (>^^)>

>>55795215
I thought a progress bar showed progress

>>55793956
How about one that shows actual progress, and doesn't just spin in circles leaving the user clueless?

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>>55795256
You'll never get a job at Microsoft thinking like that.

>>55795286
I'm not trying to. I just want proper user interfaces back.

>>55793956
Stupid modern indeterminate progress bars.

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>>55795286
Clearly MS should take a leaf out of "desktop linux" book on error messages.

Suck bars lick balls

>>55794053
I recently had to make an internal app for a company to fetch data from weather stations. I used a small picture of a barometer. The weather nerds appreciated it.

I guess what I'm saying is you could use something to do with the app.

>>55793956
bump

>>55794968
>>55794851
That only works on a countable job where you can estimate the end like data manipulation. If however you're communicating with a sever for a unknown amount of data then this doesn't work.

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The only real option.

>>55794071
I like how the old picture appears for a frame after the circle disappears.

jk you're an idiot

>>55795592
Not necessarily for >>55794968

You could just make like one character bounce around from left to right and back again.

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>>55795772

>>55795772
>>55795737
pixello dick sort of looks like a glider

>>55793956
1) Don't use such shitty word like "app" for software.
2) Use just text: loaded x%

>>55793969
yeah I like that one best
depends on your aesthetic tho OP

>>55793956
those aren't progress indicators. they're just placeholders for loading content. a progress indicator should actually show the progress (so the user should be able to see that the task is, say, 60% completed).
if you want an actual progress indicator, just use a progress bar.