Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Daniel Engber: Como a barra do progresso faz você se sentir bem
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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sentadas às suas mesas,
quantos dias na semana,
and how many weeks a year
e quantos anos da vida delas?
the Progress Bar]
sobre a Barra de Progresso]
an indicator on a computer
um indicador no computador
inside the device.
dentro do dispositivo.
for years is a horizontal bar.
e tem sido usada por anos.
to pre-computer versions of this
a sua versão computadorizada
a horizontal bar from left to right
se preenchiam uma barra horizontal
they had completed at a factory.
já havia sido completado numa fábrica.
to as "the software crisis,"
como a "crise dos softwares":
were getting more complicated
iam ficando mais complicados
had been prepared for,
pessoa poderia ter se preparado,
indicators in different ways.
de porcentagens de diferentes modos.
countdown clock,
de contagem regressiva digital
from left to right on a screen.
para a direita numa tela.
sistemática a respeito e tentado descobrir
a systematic survey of these things
the user's experience
sentado à frente do computador.
decidiu estudar o assunto, em 1985.
was giving you the accurate percent done.
apresentava o percentual exato.
that it was there at all.
made people feel better,
as pessoas se sentirem melhor,
about what this thing could do.
daquilo que a barra poderia fazer.
relax effectively.
relaxassem de maneira eficaz.
to turn away from their machine
se afastassem do computador
of exactly the right duration.
exatamente na mesma duração.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
"A barra de progresso está na metade.
to send this fax,"
pra enviar este fax"
in a tractor beam,
numa faixa de luz móvel,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
que vemos se desenrolar a nossa frente.
waiting in frustration
que ficamos esperando, frustrados,
foi reconceituado como:
about the progress bar
sobre a barra de progresso
about dulling the pain of waiting,
com amenizar a dor da espera,
around with the psychology.
a nos envolver com a psicologia.
that just moves at a constant rate --
que se move a uma velocidade constante,
what's happening in the computer --
que está acontecendo no computador,
like it's slowing down.
como se ela estivesse diminuindo.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
mais rápido do que de fato,
like a burst of speed.
como uma rajada de velocidade.
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
"Algo está realmente acontecendo!"
mais natural da barra de progresso
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
on the passage of time --
se concentram na passagem do tempo,
esperando que ela ferva,
waiting for it to boil,
doloroso e frustrante do que era antes.
to make that less boring,
e de que trabalhamos por um objetivo.
it mitigates the fear of death.
mitiga o medo da morte.
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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