Hi everyone, an aesthetics question about a UI interface.
As a user, for a countdown indicator, which would you prefer?
a) A progress bar
b) A countdown indicator
c) something else. If so, what?
Regards
It depends on the purpose. For my app I have a countdown indicator going down from 10 days in green to 0 days in red when the user hasn’t purchased:
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Progress bars seem to feel better, if space is available.
Having numbers along can fullfill the need for precision when the time gets tight, T1:T2:T3…
Multiple progress bars like, row or column 1 for days, 2 for hours, etc… can be engaging.
i would decide for the count down context.
progress bar is usually forward.
3,2,1,Winner
for time it could be a clock/stop watch
for days a calender view.
or just text 900 remain of 30000
for the user he should always see a progress and what the app is doing,
in case the progress hang he knows why.
if the count down take a long time the additional info when it is done is valuable.