Submitted by Ann • March 20, 2013
Website: blog.kissmetrics.com
Can you get your users to do something simply by asking them to do it? If so – congratulations! You have some awesome users 
Most of us aren’t that lucky. As a matter of fact, asking our users to do something, sometimes has the opposite effect!
There is a usability feature called a completeness meter that is employed by companies like Google, LinkedIn, and Box. These types of progress bars inform users of how close they are to completing a set of tasks by showing percentages of completion along the way.
Normally, these are used to encourage new users to add personal information or perform activities to develop a much richer user experience. You can think of a progress bar as missions or levels for a web application.
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One Response to “The Power of The Progress Bar” Leave a reply ›
Good take on the completenes meter. Actually this type of post is foreign to me. I mean the idea that a person’s tendency to stick with any programs that incorporates progress bar has psychological explanation is eye-opening. Great article!