Ever notice how software updates display a warped countdown that’s more a burndown? “30 min remaining” [1 min later]: “17 min remaining” A temporary 13x speed up of time passing. Exciting version of paint drying. Kinda like flight delays. Estimate-clocks are relativistic.
Replying to @vgr
What users want: steady, deterministic countdown that decrements by 1.1 minutes every 60 seconds. What devs can provide: extrapolation based on recent progress rate. It’s really hard to design a countdown that’s accurate, much less one that’s accurate and non-frustrating.
10:13 AM - 14 Jun 2018
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