Kero"Contrary to popular believe, twirling icons do not say _anything_ about progress on a properly multitasking OS."
Functionally this is true, however, as we're talking about end users then animations do say something: the system is working, not stalled. For a modern, non-objective, os independent example of the 'in progress' interaction you can look at any of the online travel aggregators (travelocity, expedia) I addition to the 'Im not stalled) the animation gets you is the perception of speed from the user. And splitting the boot-up in to sections as in XP increases the perceived speed even if the boot-up progress is slower compared to other OSs. Also, contrary to popular misconception... its spelled 'belief' (o; take care - pauric p.s. reminder, my neo 1973 is for sale on ebay for anyone interested... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320152764720
