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Agree with some of the other commentors that I don't associate "loader" with progress indicators / spinners. The preferred term for these in my book is "loading
by arnorhs 3y ago
Agree with some of the other commentors that I don't associate "loader" with progress indicators / spinners. The preferred term for these in my book is "loading indicator"
A lot of these terms are overloaded already. Android made it esp. bad by using "spinner" for a dropdown box, and then they used progress indicator for things that normally you'd use "spinner" for.
Ultimately a "spinner" isn't really a good term since not all loading indicators spin.
I might remember seeing the term "loader" in the jQuery days, but I haven't seen it used that way for a while.
- nkrisc 3y agoGUI components called spinners were called so because they originally resembled physical controls which had options printed on a barrel, which was then mounted below the dashboard surface with a slot to reveal the current selection, and had a ridged wheel exposed so you could spin it. Most GUIs now show you all options at once because they can and it’s better.