Tyler Sticka<p>During one of my earliest professional projects, I encountered a progress bar that was, as the engineering team put it, “complete nonsense.” (That’s the G-rated version, anyway. 😆)</p><p>Here’s the story of how it worked, why it worked that way, and the more honest alternatives I’ve recommended since then: <a href="https://cloudfour.com/thinks/truth-lies-and-progress-bars/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cloudfour.com/thinks/truth-lie</span><span class="invisible">s-and-progress-bars/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/DesignProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesignProcess</span></a></p>