The spinning wait cursor is a variation of the mouse pointer arrow, used in Apple's OS X to indicate that an application is busy.
The icon is also commonly referred to as the spinning beach ball and the spinning wheel of death. Officially, the OS X Human Interface Guidelines refers to it as the spinning wait cursor, but it is also known by many other names.
The spinning wheel is used in many other operating systems and contexts.
History
A wristwatch was the first wait cursor in early versions of Mac OS. Apple's HyperCard first popularized animated cursors, including a black and white spinning quartered circle resembling a beach ball. The cursors could be advanced by repeated HyperTalk invocations of "set cursor to busy." The beach ball cursor was also adopted to indicate running script code in the HyperTalk-like AppleScript.
These cursors are activated by applications performing lengthy operations. (Microsoft Windows would later adopt the Apple Lisa hourglass for the same concept.) Some versions of the Apple Installer used an animated "counting hand" cursor; other applications provided their own theme-appropriate custom cursors, such as a revolving Yin Yang symbol, Fetch's running dog, Retrospect's spinning tape, and Pro Tools' tapping fingers. Apple provided standard interfaces for animating cursors: originally the Cursor Utilities (SpinCursor, RotateCursor) and, in Mac OS 8 and later, the Appearance Manager (SetAnimatedThemeCursor).
A beach ball is an inflatable ball for beach and water games. Their large size and light weight take little effort to propel; they travel very slowly and generally must be caught with two hands, and are usually used for recreation and relaxation.
The beach ball's invention is usually credited to Jonathon DeLonge in California in 1938.
Design
Beach balls range from hand-sized to over 3 feet (1 m) across or bigger. They generally have a set of soft plastic panels, with two circular end panels, one with an oral inflation valve, intended to be inflated by mouth or pump. A common design is vertical solid colored stripes alternating with white stripes. Some are printed with advertisements or company slogans, or as globes.
Uses
Beach ball sports include water polo and volleyball. While they are much less expensive than the balls used in professional sports, they are also much less durable as they are made of soft plastic. Giant beach balls may be hit around between crowd members at concerts, festivals, and sporting events. Many graduates use beach balls as a prank during ceremonies, hitting them around the crowd. Their light weight and stability made them ideal for trained seals balancing a beach ball on their noses. They are a popular prop in swimsuit photography.
They are bounced around crowds at cricket and baseball games but frequently confiscated and popped by security.
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Edy Hurst. The Lowry, Salford...Sometimes this has charming and certainly unexpected results as an effort by Hurst to conjure a magic spell spins off into a tribute to the group complete with glowing inflated beach balls being thrown into the audience.
Panthers players obliged, spinning beach balls to the crowd as they made their way down the parade route ... “It’s probably the most epic party ever on Fort Lauderdale Beach ... We’re here on the beach celebrating us winning the Cup.”
Q. What should I be doing to monitor my hard drive?. A ...Windows Users MAC Users ... Blue Screen or Spinning Beach Balls ... Mac users who start to see the ‘spinning beach ball’ on a constant basis should also take the time to have the hard drive tested ... Source .
Astronomers are waiting for a reply to radio signals beamed into space 40 years ago (Picture. Getty) ... However, Nasa has observed that the star spins so fast its mid-section is stretched out, like ‘a beach ball that is squeezed at the top and bottom’.
Astronomers are waiting for a reply to radio signals beamed into space 40 years ago (Picture. Getty) ... However, Nasa has observed that the star spins so fast its mid-section is stretched out, like ‘a beach ball that is squeezed at the top and bottom’.
Pittman and Beach saw time on the hill holding Parker to one run on one hit ... Beach had the defensive play of the game with a sliding, spinning, stop of the ball at second base before throwing out the runner at first base from his backside.
We've updated the matchups to vote on (click the image above to see it larger) ...PollRules ... Film vs Digital ... I don’t love looking at spinning beach balls when I edit, and that’s been my primary activity when working with Premiere the last couple years.
It becomes even more bizarre with the fact that Proteas Men’s white-ball captain Temba Bavuma, who will spin the coin at the MangaungOval, has been resting up on Cape Town’s beaches while the new ...
Zack Thompson grew up in Selma, Indiana... Thompson also grew up a Chicago Cubs fan ... He was going up against good, good lineups, left-handed, competitive as heck, and could spin the ball.". In 2019, he pitched for the Palm Beach Cardinals at the A level ... .
In one spin around Greenville, you’ll see people at the beach, on the water boating, at the Community Center playing ball, golfing, pickleball, playgrounds … or sitting on a bench enjoying the view.
BRATTLEBORO — The Recreation and Parks Department will present Bryson Lang ... His skills include ball bouncing and spinning, fire-juggling, giant beach balls, flying hats, glo-in-the-dark objects, and always a few surprises ... to noon and 1 to 5 p.m ....
AM New York
29 May 2024
AM New York
29 May 2024