I use iTunes to manage the music on my iPhone. I went to add a bunch of music into my library, and a window popped up saying it was “Adding files.” There was a “stop” button, and a progress bar. This progress bar started off with a blue cursor on the left side, and that blue cursor gradually moved to the right. I presumed that when the blue cursor reached the right edge of the bar the work would be done.
I was wrong. Once it got to the right edge of the bar, the cursor just wrapped around and appeared at the left edge again. I understand the point of having some sort of animated graphic to indicate that work is being done, but why a progress bar? A progress bar should only be used if it shows the extent to which the work has been completed. To indicate … progress. A better design would be to have some kind of spinning wheels or gears, to make it clear that you have no idea how long you’re going to be waiting until you can listen to “I Wanna Sex You Up” by Color Me Badd. If, you know, you wanted to listen to that song.