It's an animated PNG (or GIF but somehow doubt it). It's never EVER going to hurt resources. Nor dev time for what it's worth.
With that said, I doubt such a thing could be integrated in Chromium, due to licensing issues. Chome, maybe. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Dremation <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't the idea of Chrome to provide a lightweight yet powerful > browsing experience? So if we load it up with nice visual effects not > only are we consuming more resources to provide the visual effects but > it also means less time spent on the core functionality of the > browser. I think the Devs need to spend more time on the core of the > engine rather then the visually appealing effects. > > On Feb 19, 9:59 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: >> Right, but when it is visible, it can be a more stylish throbber. >> ☆PhistucK >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 17:48, Meok <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Chrome doesn't treat the throbber in the conventional manner, in that >> > there is no inactive state. In other words, it's not always visible >> > and only appears while a tab is loading. They would have to pin a >> > throbber on the far right of the toolbar like Netscape. > > > -- Adys --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
