Jason Tackaberry wrote: > Dirk Meyer wrote on 23/07/08 02:04 PM: >> Yes. Isn't spinner the term Rails people use? > > Unfortunately naming, if you ask me. In a UI context I think spinner is > more often used to indicate the up/down arrows that are sometimes beside > text inputs that accept numeric values. > > http://www.osc.edu/archive/FLU/images/Flu_Spinner_Try.gif
Looks like you are right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinner_(computing) I only had the name in my head because of rails. > I think carousel is a better term. Maybe, but maybe BusyIndicator is even better because we do not care if it is a carousel or something looking more like Knight Rider (e.g. Windows XP start). Dischi -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++ -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
