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Thread ID: 91220	2008-06-30 00:39:00	This bugs me	feersumendjinn (64)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
683786	2008-06-30 00:39:00	Have you guys noticed when you're installing stuff now, that instead of a proper progress bar/graph (so you have some idea of how long you have to wait), you get a damn 'throbber' (like the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica) which gives you no information at all. Seems to be the latest fashion, Vista seems to have started it; dont like it, dont want it :mad::rolleyes:.	feersumendjinn (64)
683787	2008-06-30 01:20:00	Yeah, and I've also noticed in Vista that the Local Area Connection indicator that sits in the system tray doesn't actually light up as it's sending/receiving. Call me old-fashioned, but I find that useful sometimes!! :badpc:	nofam (9009)
683788	2008-06-30 01:27:00	Yeah, and I've also noticed in Vista that the Local Area Connection indicator that sits in the system tray doesn't actually light up as it's sending/receiving. Call me old-fashioned, but I find that useful sometimes!! :badpc: You can change that - I missed it too! :p I can't test it right now, but I think you need to right click on it, and select 'turn on activity animation' or something like that.	wratterus (105)
683789	2008-06-30 02:15:00	Reminds me of Knight Rider.... But yeah, quite annoying indeed. I think perhaps they use it when there is not really any progress able to be calculated - it's just there to indicate that 'something' is happening.	Agent_24 (57)
683790	2008-06-30 02:16:00	You can change that - I missed it too! :p I can't test it right now, but I think you need to right click on it, and select 'turn on activity animation' or something like that. Maybe turning it off was Microsoft's idea of 'streamlining' their new OS!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :p	nofam (9009)
683791	2008-06-30 02:34:00	Maybe turning it off was Microsoft's idea of 'streamlining' their new OS!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :p Maybe there's a performance hit that they wanted to mitigate . . . :D	johcar (6283)
683792	2008-06-30 02:44:00	Maybe turning it off was Microsoft's idea of 'streamlining' their new OS!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :p Yeop, that animation uses TOO MUCH RAM .	wratterus (105)
683793	2008-06-30 03:03:00	I think SuperSpywareCleaner and in the old days, Ad-Aware also did not show the progress bar. I like to see it happening - e.g. I like Spybot a lot because it shows the minute details. sarel	sarel (2490)
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