Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane
Daniel Engber: Como a barra de progresso vos mantém sãos
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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aborrecidas na sua secretária
and how many weeks a year
e quantas semanas por ano
Uma grande ideia.]
the Progress Bar]
da Barra do Progresso]
an indicator on a computer
é apenas um indicador num computador
inside the device.
dentro do aparelho.
for years is a horizontal bar.
usada ao longo dos anos, é horizontal.
to pre-computer versions of this
antes de ser implementada no computador
a horizontal bar from left to right
preenchida da esquerda para a direita
they had completed at a factory.
fora completada numa fábrica.
to as "the software crisis,"
como a "crise de software",
were getting more complicated
estavam a ficar mais complicados
had been prepared for,
indicators in different ways.
de percentagem de maneiras diferentes.
countdown clock,
de contagem regressiva
from left to right on a screen.
da esquerda para a direita.
a systematic survey of these things
uma pesquisa sistemática destas coisas,
the user's experience
afetam a experiência do utilizador
chamado Brad Myers,
não interessava
was giving you the accurate percent done.
estava a dar a percentagem precisa.
that it was there at all.
made people feel better,
about what this thing could do.
qual seria o efeito disso.
relax effectively.
as pessoas descontraírem-se.
to turn away from their machine
se afastassem da máquina
of exactly the right duration.
que durasse o mesmo tempo.
"Oh, the progress bar is half done.
de progresso vai em metade.
to send this fax,"
para enviar este fax"
estivessem a fazer em 1985.
in a tractor beam,
num feixe de atração,
that you're seeing unfold in front of you:
estão a ver na vossa frente:
waiting in frustration
faça alguma coisa,
Está a acontecer qualquer coisa!"
about the progress bar
na barra de progresso
about dulling the pain of waiting,
acalmar o aborrecimento da espera,
around with the psychology.
a brincar com a psicologia.
that just moves at a constant rate --
que se move a uma taxa constante
what's happening in the computer --
o que acontece no computador,
like it's slowing down.
que a velocidade diminui.
a tentar melhorá-lo.
trying to enhance it
more quickly than it really is,
mais rapidamente do que se move,
like a burst of speed.
no começo, como uma explosão.
"Oh! Something's really happening!"
"Oh! Algo está realmente a acontecer!"
naturalistic growth of the progress bar
mais realista da barra
on the passage of time --
a concentrar-se na passagem do tempo
waiting for it to boil,
à espera que ela ferva,
to make that less boring,
do que era antes.
pelo menos,
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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