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Re:Why Is the Surface So Bad? by clauretano on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @01:24PM (#4749673)
Yes, that trick is still used on iOS. Windows Phone and the Windows-8-style-UI or whatever they call it today use lots of drawn out animations to mask load times, but it isn't enough on the Surface. You end up wasting quite a bit of time watching loading spinners.
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Re:Why Is the Surface So Bad? by DrStalker on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @07:48PM (#4751654)
That would explain why they designed all-new spinners with dots twirling in circles or moving along a line in pretty patterns.
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