TTOTD

[Gary Wheeler]

Technical term of the day: swihad: (n) the swirly halo of death, also known as the application busy indicator displayed by Windows Vista and 7 when an application becomes unresponsive. Yes, this has become an acknowledged and accepted term where I work :sigh:.

Software Zen: delete this;

[J4amieC]

We call it the Spinning Hedgehog (or Sonic) of Death

[Gary Wheeler]

Our customer response to seeing a swihad is called a 'swihad jihad', so you can see how this goes.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Maximilien]

or white window of death.

Nihil obstat

[CPallini]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

Yes, this has become an acknowledged and accepted term where I work

Possibly because your applications keep showing it? :laugh: (I know, I am evil evil...)

Veni, vidi, vici.

[Gary Wheeler]

Yes :-O. I have an item on the bug list at the moment arising from a swihad that lasts for 10-15 seconds in some cases.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Simon Hart 0]

The spinning doughnut of doom.

[CPallini]

The salespersons of my former company were well self-trained to immediately restart our application, after a sudden crash. They did it 'with naturalness'.

Veni, vidi, vici.

[John McKay]

In our place we call it the circle of life.

[AspDotNetDev]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

10-15 seconds

That is how long a few pages typically take to load on the website I work on. :sigh:

Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

[Gary Wheeler]

This is a 'desktop' application (albeit in an embedded, process control environment), so expectations are different.

Software Zen: delete this;

[PIEBALDconsult]

That's for health reasons -- it indicates break time, do some stretching, etc.