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by canadian_tired 2036 days ago
Progress bars that lie are seldom better than spinners. I suppose what is needed is an informed spinner. It would have to be visually different than a bog-standard spinner. I have seen many cases where the numbers on the bar were entirely made up...but they seem to keep people happy. The illusion of progress maybe?
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sure, but even the wrong numbers can be useful because they provide some information.

like the "75% max" example from the post. Does it lie? yes. Can it be useful? very much, it is pretty easy to compensate.