throbber

A page could define what the animated throbber should look like.

Once the action is complete, the throbber returns to its resting frame.

In contrast to a progress bar, a throbber does not convey how much of the action has been completed.

Usually the throbber is found on the right side of a program's toolbar or menu bar.

A throbber, an image in a program's interface which animates to show that the software is busy.

The Arena web browser has a command line option to change the throbber with a local file.

Firefox does not display the throbber in its default user interface configuration.

Clicking on the throbber itself might perform some specific action (for example go to the program's website, pause or cancel the background action).

Later, Internet Explorer's blue "e" enjoyed similar status, though it was only used as a throbber in early versions of the browser.

Clicking on the throbber would stop the page loading; later web browsers added a separate Stop button for this purpose.

Netscape, which soon overtook Mosaic as the market-leading web browser, also featured a throbber.

The form the throbber takes varies, but it is common for it to be the logo of the program it is part of.

In a review for About.com, Jason Shawahn called the song "a sultry little throbber" and wrote that its "Minogue at her best".

An Easter egg was implemented that replaces the throbber with an image of the rotating head of Tom Magliery when browsing his home page.

Often browsers shipped with ISP CDs, or those customized according to co-branding agreements, have a custom throbber.

It is intended to be used like a throbber to tell the user that processing is continuing, although it is not known when the processing will complete.

His letters could be as lewd as they were passionate: he made me blush with references to the 'massive throbber' he had when he thought of me.

For example the version of Internet Explorer included with AOL disks has an AOL throbber instead of the standard "e".

Viewing the page with a Unix version of Netscape would change the throbber to an animation of Mozilla rising up from behind the "planet" logo and breathing fire.

The IBM WebExplorer offered a webpage the opportunity to change the look and the animation of the throbber by using a proprietary HTML code.