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Oh, jeez, maybe it's just me but that seems like technology for technology's sake. A spinner can be compressed to, what, 1k or so? I guess they should have draw
by adamhowell 18y ago
Oh, jeez, maybe it's just me but that seems like technology for technology's sake. A spinner can be compressed to, what, 1k or so? I guess they should have drawn the Google logo with canvas, too.
- teej 18y agoIt's not only a download concern. Downloading and watching animated gifs on the iPhone is a terrible experience - it's choppy, skips frames, and just doesn't look good. Doing an animated gif wasn't an option for Google.
- sep332 18y agoIt's not just size, there's the issue of adding significant (potentially > 1 full second) latency to a "please wait" animation. This is about 4 times longer than the longest time a UI should take to respond to the user before the user thinks it's dead.