Comments on: The usability series: Responsiveness http://paulbakaus.com/2009/04/30/the-usability-series-responsiveness/ Capturing the thoughts of Paul Bakaus Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:49:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gary gilbert http://paulbakaus.com/2009/04/30/the-usability-series-responsiveness/#comment-146 gary gilbert Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:39:36 +0000 http://paulbakaus.com/?p=158#comment-146 If you are building a web-application there are places where transitions through animation wouldn't work, in those places there is no other choice but to use a loading animation. But I agree with whole heartedly with you, its rather amazing what can be achieved through distraction. If you are building a web-application there are places where transitions through animation wouldn’t work, in those places there is no other choice but to use a loading animation.

But I agree with whole heartedly with you, its rather amazing what can be achieved through distraction.

]]> By: UsabilityTest.com http://paulbakaus.com/2009/04/30/the-usability-series-responsiveness/#comment-145 UsabilityTest.com Sun, 03 May 2009 12:25:35 +0000 http://paulbakaus.com/?p=158#comment-145 It's an interesting point, especially for developers who rather play with optimizing the code than thinking of the simplest way how to improve usability. I often being caught in that as well, where in most cases it would be much easier to e.g. just change the text on the button after click to "...Please wait..loading" rather than spending hours to optimize the database. It’s an interesting point, especially for developers who rather play with optimizing the code than thinking of the simplest way how to improve usability. I often being caught in that as well, where in most cases it would be much easier to e.g. just change the text on the button after click to “…Please wait..loading” rather than spending hours to optimize the database.

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