As shown in the light-blue selection in the image below of the LightStep UI (taken from here on 2/2/18), LightStep indicates the number of descendants for any given span in the trace.
Incorporate this into Jaeger-UI, in some fashion or another.
Maybe add it to the indent guides (#172).
Further, maybe it is only visible when the mouse is hovering over the span name column.

As shown in the light-blue selection in the image below of the LightStep UI (taken from here on 2/2/18), LightStep indicates the number of descendants for any given span in the trace.
Incorporate this into Jaeger-UI, in some fashion or another.
Maybe add it to the indent guides (#172).
Further, maybe it is only visible when the mouse is hovering over the span name column.