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Alternative design options for performance and progress indicators are introduced. Selected methods are then implemented on a HyperCard stack and tested against each other in an empirical user test. The design of the test and its results are presented.
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Musil, S. (1993). Beyond bars and hour glasses: Designing performance and progress indicators. In: Grechenig, T., Tscheligi, M. (eds) Human Computer Interaction. VCHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 733. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57312-7_80
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