Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Daniel Engber: Hogy vigyáz egészségünkre a folyamatjelző sáv?
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
the Progress Bar]
a számítógépen, azt jelzi,
an indicator on a computer
inside the device.
for years is a horizontal bar.
klasszikus formája egy vízszintes csík.
to pre-computer versions of this
számítógépes változata,
a horizontal bar from left to right
töltöttek ki balról jobbra, hogy jelezzék,
they had completed at a factory.
elvégzésében a gyárban.
to as "the software crisis,"
szoktak emlegetni,
were getting more complicated
a számítógépek hirtelen
had been prepared for,
számított volna rá.
indicators in different ways.
a százalékos teljesítmény-kijelzőket.
countdown clock,
visszaszámláló órája volt,
from left to right on a screen.
a systematic survey of these things
tudományos felmérést ezekről,
the user's experience
was giving you the accurate percent done.
pontos százalékot mutat-e.
that it was there at all.
hogy egyáltalán ott van.
made people feel better,
jobban érzik magukat az emberek,
about what this thing could do.
hogy mi a sáv titka:
relax effectively.
jobban ellazulnak az emberek.
to turn away from their machine
hogy otthagyják a számítógépet,
of exactly the right duration.
amíg tart a folyamat.
"Félig van a folyamatjelző sáv.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
to send this fax,"
in a tractor beam,
zárnánk a figyelmünket,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
ami kibontakozik előttünk:
waiting in frustration
veszteglés érzését,
about the progress bar
about dulling the pain of waiting,
hogy enyhítse a várakozás kínjait,
around with the psychology.
találjuk magunkat.
that just moves at a constant rate --
ami állandó ütemben nő –
what's happening in the computer --
ami a számítógépben zajlik –,
like it's slowing down.
hogy egyre lassul.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
mint amilyen valójában,
like a burst of speed.
mintha sebességrobbanás lenne.
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
"De jó! Itt tényleg zajlik valami!"
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
a sáv mozgása visszaáll
on the passage of time --
az idő múlására összpontosítanak –
waiting for it to boil,
várva, hogy felforrjon,
to make that less boring,
kevésbé legyen unalmas,
it mitigates the fear of death.
a halálfélelmet enyhíti.
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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