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UI Inspiration

After the fun of the UI toggles post, I came across 10 really entertaining progress bars!

Some of the concepts below might not be the most feasible, but they can help you think about bringing emotion to your interfaces, especially when users are facing one of the most boring aspects of life in your app: waiting.

“Boredom, according to psychologists, is merely lack of stimulation, the unfulfilled desire for satisfying activity. So what if we use the interface to give them that stimulation?”

~ Alice Kotlyarenko

Let’s go! 👇

1 — 2. Snail loaders 🐌!

1 by Andrey Davlikanoff (Davlikanoff Design)|| 2 by Tom Loots

3. The beach ball ⛱

3. ProgressBar by Webshocker

4–5. Character Loaders

4. Loading-Astronauts by Supi_ || 5. Loading Christmas Gifts by Chuan²

Next are 4 loading bars that aren’t animated, but they’re just as great — imagine them moving:

5–6. 🚬 for smokers

These 2 show different types of result smoking can bring depending on the substance 🍃:

3. Progress bar lives by Dmitriy Fatkhiev-Dolokhov|| 4. Holland progress bar lives (rebound) by dymytri

7–8. for golfers ⛳️:

4. Golf Progress Bar by Pavel Novák|| 5. Progress bar by Denis Perepelenko

Last 2!

9. What if you could…

(by Gal Shir)

If only I could… by Gal Shir

10. Or what if there’s interruptions?

Download by xjw

That’s all! For more on emotional interface design, check out Alice’s article on Smashing Magazine:

How To Design Emotional Interfaces For Boring Apps

She uses the popular Tunnel Bear app as an example. Tunnel Bear makes the boring concept of VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) entertaining through the use of funny bears. Here is their downgrade animation:

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