Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Дейниъл Енгбър: Как индикаторите за прогрес ви държат нормални
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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and how many weeks a year
и колко седмици в годината
the Progress Bar]
за Прогрес индикаторите]
an indicator on a computer
е просто показател на компютъра,
inside the device.
for years is a horizontal bar.
е хоризонтална лента.
to pre-computer versions of this
до пред-компютърни версии
a horizontal bar from left to right
хоризонтални ленти от ляво на дясно.
they had completed at a factory.
са изпълнили във фабрика.
to as "the software crisis,"
were getting more complicated
ставали все по-сложни
had been prepared for,
за процент готовност по различни начини.
indicators in different ways.
countdown clock,
часовник за обратно отброяване
from left to right on a screen.
на екрана.
a systematic survey of these things
системно проучване за тези неща,
the user's experience
was giving you the accurate percent done.
дава правилен процент готовност.
that it was there at all.
че изобщо го има.
made people feel better,
да се чувстват по-добре,
about what this thing could do.
какво можело да прави това нещо.
relax effectively.
да си почиват ефективно.
to turn away from their machine
на хората да се отдалечат от машината
of exactly the right duration.
за точно същото време.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
"О, индикаторът е наполовина.
to send this fax,"
in a tractor beam,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
който се развива пред очите ти,
waiting in frustration
това време прекарано чакайки объркано
about the progress bar
да разбирате прогрес индикаторите
about dulling the pain of waiting,
болката от чакането,
around with the psychology.
с психологията.
that just moves at a constant rate --
който просто се движи с постоянна скорост,
what's happening in the computer --
това се случва в компютъра,
like it's slowing down.
trying to enhance it
по-бързо от действителното,
more quickly than it really is,
like a burst of speed.
в началото, като изблик на скорост.
"О! Нещо наистина се случва!"
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
нарастване на индикатора
върху минаването на времето
on the passage of time --
waiting for it to boil,
да заври
to make that less boring,
по-малко скучно,
it mitigates the fear of death.
намалява страха от смъртта.
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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