Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
دانيال إنبر: كيف يحافظ شريط التقدم على صحتك العقلية؟
Daniel Engber explores science and culture as an award-winning journalist for Radiolab, the New York Times, Slate and Wired, among others. Full bio
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بالملل في مكاتبهم
and how many weeks a year
وكم أسبوع في السنة؟
the Progress Bar]
an indicator on a computer
inside the device.
for years is a horizontal bar.
لسنوات هى الشريط الأفقي.
to pre-computer versions of this
a horizontal bar from left to right
الشريط الأفقي من اليسار إلى اليمين
they had completed at a factory.
to as "the software crisis,"
بـ"كارثة البرمجيات،"
were getting more complicated
had been prepared for,
indicators in different ways.
النسبة المئوية بطرق عدة.
countdown clock,
ساعة عد تنازلي رسومية
from left to right on a screen.
إلى اليمين علي الشاشة.
a systematic survey of these things
the user's experience
على تجربة المستخدم
ويُدعى براد ماير،
أنه سيقوم بدراسة هذا الأمر.
was giving you the accurate percent done.
يعطيك حقاً النسبة الدقيقة.
that it was there at all.
made people feel better,
about what this thing could do.
ما يستطيع هذا الشيء أن يفعله.
relax effectively.
to turn away from their machine
of exactly the right duration.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
"أوه، لقد اكتمل نصف شريط التقدم.
to send this fax,"
in a tractor beam,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
التي تراها تُفتح أمامك:
waiting in frustration
الذي كنت تقضيه في إحباط
about the progress bar
في شريط التقدم
about dulling the pain of waiting,
around with the psychology.
بالتلاعب بعلم النفس.
that just moves at a constant rate --
يسير بمعدل ثابت...
what's happening in the computer --
like it's slowing down.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
بسرعة أكبر مما هي عليه،
like a burst of speed.
كسرعة الانفجار
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
"أوه، هنالك شيء يحدث حقاً!"
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
لشريط التقدم
on the passage of time --
waiting for it to boil,
وهم بانتظار غليان الماء،
to make that less boring,
it mitigates the fear of death.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daniel Engber - JournalistDaniel Engber explores science and culture as an award-winning journalist for Radiolab, the New York Times, Slate and Wired, among others.
Why you should listen
Daniel Engber's scientific method of distracting free-throw shooters in the NBA appeared in the New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas" and his viral website, Crying While Eating, earned spots on "The Tonight Show," VH1 and National Public Radio. He studied literature at Harvard College and neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco and has won several awards for his writing, including the National Academies of Science Communication Award in 2012.
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