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79297 2002-09-13 12:20:00 At top right corner of internet Eplorer 6, there is a spinning globe of Microsoft Window logo.
Is there any difference when the globe spin fast and slow?
Does it mean the connection speed?

Thanks anyone to clear my doubt :)
Sant (681)
79298 2002-09-13 20:34:00 I don't know for sure, but I would be very surprised if it did.
robo.
robo (205)
79299 2002-09-13 20:43:00 Be suprised then!

When IE is "active" it spins, when no data transfer is occuring it stops.

It you want to change the globe image to something else this (www.techtv.com) site gives an registry hack instruction.

Jen
Jen C (20)
79300 2002-09-13 21:30:00 The spinning globe (or waving flag if you've got Win XP) is just an animated gif - it doesn't speed up or slow down :) If you think it does, it may be stopping and starting (for some unknown reason).

Mike.
Mike (15)
79301 2002-09-13 21:46:00 Jen C is correct - using W98 and IE 5.5 - it changes to ms logo when no data is being transferred.
Bye
Peter H (220)
79302 2002-09-14 11:09:00 Well, yeah, I knew that Jen, but meant it didn't indicate how fast. Rather than loading data it moves when it is hoping to loading data (like when you get a 404).
robo.
robo (205)
79303 2002-09-14 21:33:00 Yes, that's right Peter, but it doesn't speed up or slow down. If it's spinning it'll always spin at the same speed - I was suggesting that if it looks like its going faster or slower, it may be starting and stopping due to whatever reason (problems with IE, CPU load, different portions of the page loading, could be a number of reasons). But the way animated gifs work, they don't speed up or slow down - that would take up too much of the valuable programmers time <koff> :D

Mike.
Mike (15)
79304 2002-09-15 01:18:00 And I thought it was the speed the the "real" world spins. It just goes to show doesn't it ;-)

I like the Mozilla one...
Dolby Digital (160)
79305 2002-09-15 02:51:00 I didn't know the World spun.... I thought it was stationary and flat Baldy (26)
79306 2002-09-15 04:44:00 It's a disk and rides on four elephants on top of a turtle. Graham L (2)
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