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Ban the Throbber

18 pointsby kyledraketoday at 7:23 PM4 commentsview on HN

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drcongotoday at 8:37 PM

Why ban the symptom?

Cider9986today at 8:18 PM

I don't universally dislike the Throbber, if that's what it's really called.

I have incredibly negative memories of the Netflix one, on cheap TVs with poor WiFi, which had a percentage which meant nothing.

It's used a lot in Android apps and it stresses me out on occasion when I'm in a rush.

Chromium on Android seems to use it well enough when reloading a page.

Often it feels like a jagged interruption in the application and like something is broken or out of place.

cf100clunktoday at 7:54 PM

No more relentless hourglass, no more endless toilet flush, no more spinning beach ball. May they all suffer endless guru meditation.

merona_iotoday at 7:26 PM

no more throbbing!