On 08/01/09 21:45, björn wrote:
[...]
> On a Mac when an app is unresponsive the mouse cursor is replaced by a
> colorful round spinning ball that is commonly referred to as a
> "beachball". Hence phrases such as "the application beachballed" are
> used to indicate that the application is unresponsive. ;-)
[...]
Sounds like a Mac-only idiom. IIUC, in similar circumstances the mouse
pointer is replaced by a spinning clock dial on Linux, or by an
hourglass on Windows.
Best regards,
Tony.
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