kylie 🧚🏼‍♀️
absolutely begging #ux designers to stop saying “throbber.” it’s a spinner. i don’t care if it doesn’t actually spin. it’s not a throbber. please stop.
Dec 7, 2022 at 7:13pmWeb
Show threadkylie 🧚🏼‍♀️Dec 7, 2022
i’ll allow it if you’re really horny.
but i don’t want to know about that during work.
unless you work for a porn site.
are you hiring?
Show threadkylie 🧚🏼‍♀️Dec 7, 2022
boost 🔒 “word idea: statusbeat (like heartbeat)” << i love this
Show threadAnnika SparklesDec 7, 2022
@0xAFAEBABE throbber. My levels of immaturity are through the roof rn lol
Show threadAnnika SparklesDec 7, 2022
@0xAFAEBABE I love statusbeat tho
Show threadAnnika SparklesDec 7, 2022
@0xAFAEBABE make it work with time based spinning variables listed out in swatch time
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@0xAFAEBABE the only valid throbber is the Netscape 1.1 throbber.
Show threadRichard SilkDec 7, 2022
@0xAFAEBABE ok, that’s a new one on me (a UXer, with more than a few years in the game). Dare I ask for an example of a throbber?
Show threadkylie 🧚🏼‍♀️Dec 7, 2022
@Slkr just imagine like 3 boxes next to each other that pulse in sequence. same purpose as a spinner but isn’t really spinning or circular. so i call them all spinners because same purpose, but i guess folks needed something more generic or properly descriptive. still hate it tho lmao
Show threadkylie 🧚🏼‍♀️Dec 7, 2022
@Slkr ironically if you do an image search for ui throbber it returns all spinners ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Show threadRichard SilkDec 7, 2022
@0xAFAEBABE right, gotcha. I mean… it’s not like I have another name for those. Throbber does seem more descriptive than spinner…
Show threadkylie 🧚🏼‍♀️Dec 7, 2022
@Slkr someone suggested “statusbeat” which i like, but probs won’t take off. i’ll probably just stick with spinner.