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When displaying progress bars do you display generic messages, such as:
Or is the additional coding effort worth the user experience improvements resulting from more granular messages, such as
ALso, If you code granular messages, do you control these from teh objects to which they pertain, or to a wider view / module into which the objects are loading?
Mark
It makes a significant improvement in usability if you message gives the user an idea of how much time left until the task if finished.
So something like “Processing item 2 of 5” is definitely better than just “Processing”.
I also recommend to avoid progress bars than run up until then end then simply start again and again and again. That’s only for teasing users. It feels like: “It’ll be done in a minute. Well, maybe in one more minute. In a minute more”.