Questions tagged [loading]
The state of transmitting or receiving information.
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Coming up with the best loading strategy for a system in which agility is paramount
I am deciding on the states of my UI and I am having doubts about the initial loading state. So far I'll have a loading state, empty state and state with content; it's on the initial load that I am ...
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Is there an animation/timing for skeleton loaders to make the user's experience more soothing?
I am using skeleton loaders for placeholding the real content's space and component structure and I am using a fade-in fade-out effect for it. Because of the effect's pulse: in and out, I got curious ...
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Is there an established approach to making independent asynchronous form controls screen-reader accessible?
Certain form controls in my web application require an additional request to the server during runtime in order to populate their contents. For example, a dropdown might need to fetch and update its ...
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Disable whole form or just the submit button if it depends on queried data?
I have a form with various fields and a submit button The submit action depends on some external data. While that data is being fetched, the submit action cannot be processed. I am fetching that data ...
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Single page placeholder character for is loading
On our business website, much like reddit.com where it shows karma, we show 0 as a default/ initial value till the page is loaded (for a bunch of values that can be 0, but that is not a good meaning). ...
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UX concerns with showing dynamic tips/fun facts/"Did you know...?" section on a loading progress modal
In my app, there's a window that opens up with a spinning logo next to a progress bar that shows update/loading progress. I want to add a section with various tips and fun facts about the application, ...
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Should a Skeleton loading effect be used when refreshing a view with data already present?
I'm developing a mobile app, should I display a skeleton effect when the user trigger a pull refresh even when there's already a data on the screen and won't load a new or additional data in those ...
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How to handle list loading + errors on mobile
I have a list of addresses on a mobile app. What is the best way to handle pagination and loading errors? example: The list is paginated by default. 5 items are shown, with a "Load more" ...
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Mega menu showing loaded apps
I am designing a huge mega menu for a software application. In the menu bar, it is grouped by different tasks based on categories. At times, a user will have a need to click and open up more than one ...
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How should the form behave when only a single question requires loading?
This is a form for an airlines platform that users need to fill to proceed checking in to their flight. The country dropdown may or may not change the questions below it depending on the country but ...
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Is the word "loading" user-friendly?
Working on a feature for our app that tells the user when the app is loading. We want to include a loading spinner icon, and I think accompanying the icon with just the word "Loading" is ...
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Do we call all types of progress indicators a loader?
Do we call all types of progress indicators a loader.
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Different Loading States Same Application?
I am currently designing a very complex enterprise application. I have done some research on loading states and came to the conclusion that loading states that should be displayed depends on scope, ...
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loading states for individual items in a list
I'm a frontend developer and wondering from a UX perspective, whether it is a bad idea to fetch individual list items in a large list (with multiple columns). See an example here: This example is how ...
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Should users be allowed to add new users on a user management screen while the screen is still loading
Designing an access management module. Sometimes there will be a delay in the list of existing users loading. During this time the add user button will be active. in this case users will be able to ...
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