2023-05-12 20:01 UTC
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art The 'e' turning into Earth with the comet orbiting it was a not-too-distant second. As glad as I am that we don't use the word "throbber" anymore, I do miss these little indicators.
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@listeninggarden@mastodon.art 2023-05-12 20:10
@linebyline@bytetower.social "throbber" sure was an off-putting choice of word, wasn't it but their spirit is unmatched
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@felixbernoully@masto.ai 2023-05-13 16:27
@linebyline@bytetower.social @listeninggarden@mastodon.art Hooboy, this reminds me… weren’t those animations (at least the ones for Internet Explorer) not simple loops but had a (number of) static poster frame(s) at the start and *then* the actual loop started? Took me ages to figure that one out when I had to make a „throbber“ for a custom ie build for a client sometime around… 1996? Ah, just found the files (minus the poster frame(s)).