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Using CSS to Add A Reading Progress Bar To My Site (www.bentasker.co.uk)
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[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

What is actually the attraction of reading progress indicators on webpages?

I get that it's fun to do active things with CSS instead of javascript, sure.

But aside from goofing off and/or tech demos -- is there a target audience who is excited and happy to have a progress bar on their pages and misses it when absent? I've been seeing this feature frequently and for me it's kind of annoying.