# Loading slider should show actual progress

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-slider-should-show-actual-progress/305428
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-slider-should-show-actual-progress/305428 "2024-04-25T14:16:12Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-slider-should-show-actual-progress/305428/2 "2024-04-25T14:35:09Z")

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> [@darkpixlz](#):
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> should it not show actual progress to be of some use and not just a new version of the spinner?

That was never the goal, and showing actual progress of a dynamic resource of unknown size over a variable throughput medium is not a trivial feat.

Currently, it parametrizes the animation based on the average of the last few transitions and will stop at 90% when this specific transition takes longer than the average.

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