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** Change all progress bars in Firefox to use an easing function that automatically biases progress to appear slower at the beginning and faster at the end ([http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/hacking-memory/ aza]) | ** Change all progress bars in Firefox to use an easing function that automatically biases progress to appear slower at the beginning and faster at the end ([http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/hacking-memory/ aza]) | ||
** Use a 1 pixel pulsing progress bar at the bottom of the location bar to denote progress in addition to activity (safari 3 style, but not as heavy). | ** Use a 1 pixel pulsing progress bar at the bottom of the location bar to denote progress in addition to activity (safari 3 style, but not as heavy). | ||
** More incremental layout | |||
* Perception of when web page is "done" loading or "done enough" for interaction | * Perception of when web page is "done" loading or "done enough" for interaction | ||
** De-emphasize the throbber and loading indicators once content is visible | ** De-emphasize the throbber and loading indicators once content is visible | ||
** Reduce amount of info shown in status bar while a page is loading (hostnames from which scripts are being fetched, etc). | ** Reduce amount of info shown in status bar while a page is loading (hostnames from which scripts are being fetched, etc). | ||
** Less incremental layout: except on very slow pages, show content only once layout is stable, so users don't get in the habit of waiting for the activity indicator to go away. | |||
* Optimistic use of cache | * Optimistic use of cache | ||
** Show cached stylesheets and images in addition to sending a (possibly delayed) if-modified-since request | ** Show cached stylesheets and images in addition to sending a (possibly delayed) if-modified-since request | ||