Cleverly Redesigned Progress Bars Make Slow Downloads Suck Less

The snail-like progress bar gets reimagined as a lightsaber, a chocolate bar, a personality test, and more.

Watching a progress bar fill up slowly while waiting for stuff to download or upload is the Internet equivalent of being put on hold. It's always tempting to hit "cancel" instead of "OK." What if a clever design could make this daily drag suck less?

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