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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Visual tricks can make downloads seem quicker

Via New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18754-visual-tricks-can-make-downloads-seem-quicker.html

"Chris Harrison at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working with Zhiquan Yeo and Scott Hudson, has shown that animated pop-up download progress bars which use visual illusions make the process seem around 10 per cent faster than it really is"




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