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		wisty on Dec 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints... I read somewhere that this is a useful trick for web apps - if the user gets a null result it can help to give them a tiny timeout - then they think that at least the computer tried to find some results.

ars on Dec 15, 2010 [–]

I do it - when the site is using ajax I add a deliberate wait, especially for saves. I often do it for reads as well (depending on what it's doing).

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