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[Tim Hammerquist]

Darren New <dnew at san.rr.com> wrote:
> Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> > Before MS Windows, was there a need to reassure the user that his box
> > hadn't crashed?
> 
> Since the Mac had such a thing, I'd have to say yes...

The hourglass on the Mac told the user that it was in the middle of
doing something, and that the user may have to wait.

The "hourglass" or progress dialog on MS Windows was (effectively) just
to reassure the user that the OS hadn't crashed (yet).

-- 
-Tim Hammerquist <timmy at cpan.org>

Ted's got a mind like a steel sieve.
	-- Woody Allen, "Manhattan Murder Mystery"