Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Daniel Engber: Jak pasek postępu nie daje nam zwariować
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
ile tygodni rocznie,
the Progress Bar]
an indicator on a computer
to komputerowy wskaźnik
trwający w urządzeniu.
inside the device.
for years is a horizontal bar.
od lat poziomy pasek
to pre-computer versions of this
a horizontal bar from left to right
pasek od lewej do prawej,
they had completed at a factory.
wykonanych w fabryce.
to as "the software crisis,"
jako "kryzys oprogramowania",
were getting more complicated
had been prepared for,
niż byliśmy na to przygotowani.
indicators in different ways.
wskaźniki procentowe.
countdown clock,
from left to right on a screen.
od lewej do prawej.
a systematic survey of these things
na ten temat badań
the user's experience
na odczucia użytkownika
was giving you the accurate percent done.
dokładny wynik procentowy.
that it was there at all.
made people feel better,
że ludzie czuli się lepiej.
about what this thing could do.
na wykorzystanie paska.
relax effectively.
skutecznie odpoczywać.
to turn away from their machine
of exactly the right duration.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
"Pasek postępu pokazuje połowę.
to send this fax,"
żeby wysłać ten faks".
co ludzie robili w 1985 roku.
in a tractor beam,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
przed wami opowieść,
waiting in frustration
na nerwowym oczekiwaniu,
about the progress bar
about dulling the pain of waiting,
around with the psychology.
that just moves at a constant rate --
porusza się w stałym tempie,
what's happening in the computer --
pracuje komputer.
like it's slowing down.
jako spowolnienie.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
że porusza się szybciej niż naprawdę,
like a burst of speed.
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
"Coś naprawdę się dzieje!".
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
on the passage of time --
na upływie czasu,
waiting for it to boil,
sprawić, żeby czekanie
to make that less boring,
it mitigates the fear of death.
łagodzi to strach przed śmiercią.
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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