> hour glass for the X. Imagine using a symbol for your powerful new computer that essentially means "wait". Are you sure you're not mixing timelines? Was the

> hour glass for the X. Imagine using a symbol for your powerful new computer that essentially means "wait". Are you sure you're not mixing timelines? Was the hourglass established for this metaphor in 1986? I first remember the hourglass cursor from Windows 95. At the time Macintosh used a wristwatch. This struck me as similar to Microsoft using "recycle bin" because they borrowed a metaphor and didn't want to say "trash". It wouldn't surprise me to see earlier uses of the metaphor, but some quick googling is not immediately revealing them to me. Edit: this claims Xerox Star used the hourglass. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wait-wait-tell-me/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wait-wait-tell-me/