Workflow Reliability term
Optimistic UI
Updates the interface before the server confirms, with a plan for failure correction.
What it means
Plain meaning
optimistic update: Updates the interface before the server confirms, with a plan for failure correction.
Aliases
optimistic update, local first feedback
Use it when your messy ask mentions
- feels slow
- instant feedback
- saving
- pending
- rollback
- local state
Prompt phrase
Design optimistic UI states for pending, confirmed, failed, and rolled back changes.
Before and after
Weak ask
Fix this feels slow flow.
Exact Terms ask
Design optimistic UI states for pending, confirmed, failed, and rolled back changes.