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<h2 id="examples-of-progress-indicators">Examples of progress indicators</h2> <ul><li>A <a href="/facts/Progress_bar/oG2cUxlq">progress bar</a>, a typically horizontal bar which is gradually filled with a color as the process completes.</li> <li>A <a href="/facts/Throbber/Cv6KRsPo">throbber</a>, an image in a program's interface which animates to show that the software is busy.</li> <li>A <a href="/facts/Splash_screen/IVVb0GbV">splash screen</a>, covering all or most of the computer screen while a program is loading.</li> <li>Turning the <a href="/facts/Pointer_(graphical_user_interfaces)/bGhgwPSq">mouse pointer</a> into an hourglass or a <a href="/facts/Spinning_pinwheel/eWHsuY5U">spinning pinwheel</a> to indicate to the user that they should not click anything until the active process is complete.</li> <li>A simple textual <a href="/facts/Percentage/Wugt2XEf">percentage</a> figure, common in <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">CLI</a> applications.</li> <li>A growing row of dots indicating the progress in loading a file (as done in some <a href="/facts/Boot_sector/YubeSECp">boot sectors</a> and text-mode operating systems) i.e. "Loading......".</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051223130817/http://time-tripper.com/uipatterns/Progress_Indicator">"Progress indicators"</a>. <i>UI Patterns and Techniques</i>. Archived from <a href="http://time-tripper.com./uipatterns/Progress_Indicator">the original</a> on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2005-12-21.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/index.html">"Indicators"</a>. <i>Apple Developer Connection</i>. Retrieved 2011-01-10. — the <a href="/facts/Apple_Computer/oTJYta3k">Apple</a> Human Interface Guidelines for progress indicators</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060406185059/http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-progress-bars.html">"Progress Bars"</a>. <i>GNOME Human Interface Guidelines</i>. Archived from <a href="http://developer.gnome.org./projects/gup/hig/2.0/controls-progress-bars.html">the original</a> on 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2005-12-21.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060222020242/http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-progress.html">"Progress Windows"</a>. <i>GNOME Human Interface Guidelines</i>. Archived from <a href="http://developer.gnome.org./projects/gup/hig/2.0/windows-progress.html">the original</a> on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2005-12-21.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080204231736/http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/01/CQA/">"Progress Indicator in the Status Bar"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/MSDN_Magazine/q2EJdDx2">MSDN Magazine</a>: C++ Questions and Answers</i>. Archived from <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/01/CQA/">the original</a> on 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2005-12-21. — how to create a progress indicator in the status bar of an application using <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Foundation_Classes/J2N5pas5">MFC</a></li></ul>