Monday, June 2, 2008

If one progress bar is good, two is better

Flickr is awesome and a great example of good usability. It's new integration with picnik for editing photos is pretty slick. However, how many freaking progress bars and spinning graphics do they need to show when I start to edit a picture? First I get this one:
I don't know what the hell Sprinkling dew is but it sure takes a while. After that progress bar I get these indeterminate spinning gears:

At least I can cancel now. These gears spin for awhile, then a new progress bar pops up and wastes my time:


Come on! Forget the fact that you're annoying me by making me wait for the privilege to use your website, you really can't combine those to make one progress bar?

Almost there, just wait another....minute....Ok, done...Wait, not yet...hold on....hold on...hold on....Ok, done!....Wait, not yet, just another minute, no really, one more minute..........


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