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I really love this effect. In use, I would suggest changing the text from "Submit" to "Saving", to better explain what's happening.


> changing the text from "Submit" to "Saving", to better explain what's happening

I took a similar idea from a small remark in the recent "what I would do if I were Tarsnap" article. It made me wonder who uses the verb "submit" nowadays, what meaning does it have to users that are not web-developers (and immediately think of `<input type="submit">`)?

Arguably it makes sense because you are submitting a form to web server, but what common user really thinks of this action in that way?

Maybe this is super obvious to some people, but I was reminded that you can put pretty much any verb in context there, and it'll probably be better than "submit".


My first thought was to throw on a loading spinner, but changing the text sounds like a much better idea :)




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