IE7 - Life Without a Throbber
Is there no outrage?
Saturday, July 22, 2006 by aimzzz | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Opera doesn't have a throbber. I'm an Opera user, but I use IE for MLB Game Day Audio & a couple of other things that don't work in Opera. Recently I installed the IE7 beta & found that MS has made it much more like Opera, adding tabs and dropping the throbber, among other things. As indicated in the picture below, (1) there's a circle animation on the tab that rotates clockwise until the page rendering finishes. (2) Then the circle is replaced by the website favicon
Throbbers have been the subject of such passion & heat in WC forums that I have been surprised at the silence regarding this new development. Maybe people are still in shock and can't bring themselves to utter their words of anguish. Maybe there have been silent vows resolving never to upgrade to IE7. Maybe nobody cares. Maybe there is a throbber & I just don't see it. It's just that after the outcry when one Troll lost his throbber, I expected someone would say something about the end of the throbber as we know it.
Throbbers have been the subject of such passion & heat in WC forums that I have been surprised at the silence regarding this new development. Maybe people are still in shock and can't bring themselves to utter their words of anguish. Maybe there have been silent vows resolving never to upgrade to IE7. Maybe nobody cares. Maybe there is a throbber & I just don't see it. It's just that after the outcry when one Troll lost his throbber, I expected someone would say something about the end of the throbber as we know it.
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Koasati
Reply #2 Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:10 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:10 PM
I haven't tried IE7... as you know, I'm also an Opera user. I don't miss having a throbber in the least. I'm much happier with Opera's 'pop-up at bottom' Progress Bar ..... 
Island Dog
Reply #3 Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:52 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:52 PM
This thread has a very good chance of going downhill real fast.
PoSmedley
Reply #4 Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:10 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:10 PM
| I don't miss having a throbber |
| Throbbers have been the subject of such passion |
| Maybe there is a throbber & I just don't see it. |
| one Troll lost his throbber |
| dropping the throbber, |
| the end of the throbber as we know it. |
Tarkus
Reply #8 Saturday, July 22, 2006 4:50 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, July 22, 2006 4:50 PM
In a tabbed world, it only makes sense for each tab to have its own throbber. Even though Firefox has both, I think the overall throbber is redundant.
starkers
Reply #12 Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:53 AM
I.R.,you're allowed to say flaming on WC....no need to replace the middle bit with stars.
Reply #12 Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:53 AM
| Good F*****g riddance! |
I.R.,you're allowed to say flaming on WC....no need to replace the middle bit with stars.
Bandit4edu
Reply #13 Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:59 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:59 AM
In checking my e-mail this morning...I have several messages from oriental countries that promise great prices on pharmacuticals to get any throbber back into working order.
However, if your throbber operates for more than four hours...you should see a doctor.
However, if your throbber operates for more than four hours...you should see a doctor.
ZubaZ
Reply #14 Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:20 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:20 AM
I like the idea of many, smaller throbbers; one huge throbber can get boring after a while.
starkers
Reply #15 Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:42 AM
Okay, I'll bite and ask for copies of these fantastic offers....ANY throbber, they say!
Just wondering now if I'd be able to afford the huge shipping costs (about 4 or 5 seconds max, rather than 4 hours) so I'm gonna need a shi!load of the stuff.
BTW, any info on how these pharmacueticals are administered....intravenously, CD or a floppy disc? What about downloading them to cut out the postie altogether? Just worried that my edlerly postman might figure out the contents of the package and decide to keep 'em for himself.
There again, could always go back to dial up to increase throbber duration.
Reply #15 Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:42 AM
| In checking my e-mail this morning...I have several messages from oriental countries that promise great prices on pharmacuticals to get any throbber back into working order. |
Okay, I'll bite and ask for copies of these fantastic offers....ANY throbber, they say!
Just wondering now if I'd be able to afford the huge shipping costs (about 4 or 5 seconds max, rather than 4 hours) so I'm gonna need a shi!load of the stuff.
BTW, any info on how these pharmacueticals are administered....intravenously, CD or a floppy disc? What about downloading them to cut out the postie altogether? Just worried that my edlerly postman might figure out the contents of the package and decide to keep 'em for himself.
There again, could always go back to dial up to increase throbber duration.
seldomseen
Reply #16 Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:24 AM
Reply #16 Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:24 AM
It's rumoured that various parts of a bear's anatomy does wonders for throbber dysfunction if administered in a timely manner...
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #17 Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:22 AM
Reply #17 Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:22 AM
I thought "flaming" was verboten here. 
MikeB314
Reply #18 Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:03 AM
Reply #18 Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:03 AM
I'm with I.R. It's one less thing I'll have to skin.
...until some future version of WindowBlinds makes them skinnable. 
starkers
Reply #19 Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:05 PM
Which various parts?
P'raps somebody shoulda mentioned this to Bichur back when his was broken....rhino horn and oysters failed to do the trick, and the splints became too impractical a cumbersome during normal throbber function.
Well there's flaming (artists, works, etc)....and there's flaming nuiscance; good time; drunk and etc. The former is verboten...the latter is permissible in moderation/small doses.
Your: "Good F*****g riddance", however, was pefectly acceptable in context of the conversation, but flipping is okay if you're not too comfortable with flaming.
Reply #19 Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:05 PM
| It's rumoured that various parts of a bear's anatomy does wonders for throbber dysfunction if administered in a timely manner... |
Which various parts?
P'raps somebody shoulda mentioned this to Bichur back when his was broken....rhino horn and oysters failed to do the trick, and the splints became too impractical a cumbersome during normal throbber function.
| I thought "flaming" was verboten here. |
Well there's flaming (artists, works, etc)....and there's flaming nuiscance; good time; drunk and etc. The former is verboten...the latter is permissible in moderation/small doses.
Your: "Good F*****g riddance", however, was pefectly acceptable in context of the conversation, but flipping is okay if you're not too comfortable with flaming.
horizon
Reply #20 Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:02 PM
Reply #20 Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:02 PM
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Reply #1 Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:06 PM