Re: From the people who brought you 'show us yer Dock'...

On 2008-04-18, Debbie Wilson <djmaizels@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey, it's functional. And besides, I had a _very_ boring Saturday a couple
of weeks back and needed something to do.

I wonder how long it will be before we get animated desktop icons - now
that would be fun. Incredibly distracting, but fun :-) I want a 'Work in
Progress' folder that gradually gets fuller and bulges ever more
alarmingly until one morning it explodes in a shower of teeny bits of
paper :-)

Ah. Now, I've seen animated icons on an old Archimedes - they're not as much
fun as you might think. They get old _very_ quickly.

Jim
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