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		winterbloom 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you Disagree with a few of these There's nothing wrong with progress. Expecting a user to have a JavaScript enabled browser is reasonable You don't expect an online retailer to accept mailed-in cash, do you?

layer8 6 months ago [–]

Progress bars are annoying because that’s what scroll bars are for, and because horizontal progress bars (a) have the wrong orientation and (b) look like a loading/download indicator.

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