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Offline Clive

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The Progress Bar Illusion is Sneaky
« on: December 29, 2010, 22:40 »
Downloading something? Some progress bars appear to move quicker than others. How are our minds fooled into thinking so? It's the movement within the bars.

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Re: The Progress Bar Illusion is Sneaky
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2010, 12:00 »
Talking about stating the blindingly obvious...
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Re: The Progress Bar Illusion is Sneaky
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2010, 21:25 »
It was so blindingly obvious, I couldn't see anything!
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Re: The Progress Bar Illusion is Sneaky
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2010, 09:16 »
 ;D
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