Very Long Process - Do you know that long-running processes should show a coffee cup?

Updated by RebeccaLiu 12 years ago. See history

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If you are unable to show a progress bar, you should still indicate that it may take be a long process. For example, if installation takes more than 5 minutes, let your users know so they can get on with something else:

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❌ Figure: Bad example - An unknown length of time. So let them know

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✅ Figure: Good example – The coffee cup tells the user that they will be here a while

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