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They’re probably overestimating the installation time so that users don’t feel that they’ve waited longer than they needed, or it’s an attempt to make the user feel like it was an important installation that took some time. I know certain games and applications do that. Either way, if it’s not a genuine estimation and is an overestimation, the user feels okay or good. Unlike a certain OS that tries to convince you that it’s fast and smart when it’s not...
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iamkrid7097yOh no. Nothing like that.
Here it is.
See, this came up, after I’m convinced that I should probably get ready for my next round of devstuff! -
Haha! That empty message shouldn’t be a thing then.
I usually leave my MacBook for a while when it’s updating, like read a book or article or something, so that I never actually remember if there was a blank message in between. -
@SHA-16384 It’s meant to be a white lie so that it helps with UX. A lot of software do this. Over-exaggerating it just defeats that purpose, and is just blatantly lying.
Well, rarely gets updates (not as frequent as windows), and sure takes lot of time.
And I need to clean my screen with Ajax. After spilling some coffee and spaghetti.
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