Buffering

October 8, 2013 12:34 AM

Progressbar (short animation)

More of Vincent Broquaire's work: Get Milk, Island, Lake, In the Woods.

posted by Elmore (11 comments total)

Sweet. Reminds me of Han Hoogerbrugge.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:43 AM on October 8, 2013 [4 favorites]

Love it. It's amazing how much the sound adds to the videos.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:07 AM on October 8, 2013

I found the cows to be anatomically...uncomfortable, but other than that, those were all pretty neat.
posted by GrumpyDan at 1:49 AM on October 8, 2013

Such a simple idea and so wonderfully executed. Great post Elmore !
posted by Faintdreams at 1:52 AM on October 8, 2013

Related from Slashdot: why is it so hard to make an accurate progress bar? Also, from xkcd, this
posted by rongorongo at 2:04 AM on October 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

Wow, that really summed up the frustration
posted by Mario Speedwagon at 2:59 AM on October 8, 2013

As an engineer that was very frustrating. You can't push a rope backwards, people! It's fundamental. Plus that pulley was in completely the wrong position for that job.
posted by YAMWAK at 4:42 AM on October 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

I thought "wouldn't it be funny if this stopped in the middle and I had to wait for it to load" and guess what.



IT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:51 AM on October 8, 2013

It's funny because it's Vimeo, which has only ever been buffer central for me
posted by bonaldi at 6:13 AM on October 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

Man, what an inefficient system. Why can't they just put a winch on the front of that tractor, have the guy attach his cable, and then reel in the progress bar remotely? It would solve so many problems!
posted by Scientist at 6:23 AM on October 8, 2013

This is the first time I've watched 5 things on Vimeo in a row, usually they just buffer forever, and I curse the source for not using YouTube.
posted by MikeWarot at 7:31 AM on October 8, 2013 [1 favorite]