What is the shortest perceivable application response delay?

Question

A delay will always occur between a user action and an application response.

It is well known that the lower the response delay, the greater the feeling of the appli

Answer 1

No solid evidence but for our own application, we allow a maximum of one second between a user action and feedback. If it does take longer, a "waiting box" should be shown.

A user should see "something" happening within a second of causing an action.