Latency asa designmaterial

Premise

Instead of hiding a 900ms model call, choreograph it: show the system thinking in a way an operator can read at a glance.

Finding

Operators tolerate latency they can measure. A visible frame counter beat scepticism about the model far better than a spinner.

Method

01

Progress expressed as tokens landed, not as a percentage guess.

02

Cancel always available, never buried.

03

Stale results marked, never silently replaced.