The project started out simply enough: all [Fabien] needed was a progress bar. It’s easy enough to fill in the “characters” on the 2×16 character LCD screen one-by-one to indicate progress ...

When you download a big file, how does your computer calculate the progress and remaining time? Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain uses math to root out progress bar deception.

Why is it that whenever you have a progress bar pop up on your computer, the thing never runs at a steady speed? Why all the little stops and starts? This is the question YouTuber Tom Scott dives ...

YouTube might be testing a new red-to-pink progress bar design on mobile and the web. Several users have reported spotting the UI tweak, which changes the video progress bar behavior, fading to ...