@nixCraft What do you mean used to? I still do it when using windows XD
@nixCraft still do, but with `while :; do ls -l ...`
@keithpjolley @nixCraft not me. I used the mouse pointer. Don't want to leave fingerprints on the screen.
@nixCraft what kind of barbarian uses his/her/their finger? Use the mouse pointer! =D
And yes, I still do when installing things in Proxmox over VSAT connections =D
@nixCraft yip
See also, Microsoft minutes
@nixCraft in my childhood there were no progress bars... only the cool sound of the program on tape
@nixCraft I still do this but not with my finger, I use one corner of the file manager window
@nixCraft (cuz I'm a power user )
@nixCraft Yes, except with the mouse pointer
@nixCraft I always made a line with a permanent marker on the screen. Like the crosshair in Ego Shooters
@nixCraft ah I still do
@nixCraft I used to recommend to others to tilt the monitor so the "liquid" could flow faster. They didn't so they had to wait the full time :P
@nixCraft still doing this with my cursor...
For those who are fans of progress bars there's http://progressquest.com/
@nixCraft yep, when it was especially slow, I would open another window like notepad or so and line the border up with the progress bar.
@nixCraft I sort of did that. I think I used something on the screen (such as another window) check the bar.
@nixCraft just leave mouse cursor on last pixel.
@nixCraft still do (more for loading screens these days though)
Sort of. I was far from a child, but I can remember downloading the latest version of Netscape over a dial up connection.
I would set it going, then go for a long walk to have dinner at a Chinese takeout.
What I do remember as a kid would be sending away for packages and looking at the mailbox everyday for a month after school until the package finally came.
@nixCraft I did that at work yesterday. #IndustryBestPractice
@nixCraft I used the mouse cursor (and I still do that).
@nixCraft I used a Post It on my screen and walked away.
@nixCraft I use the mouse pointer for this o.o
@nixCraft I.feel.seen.
@nixCraft epic win XD
@nixCraft this just unlocked a long lost childhood memory!
@nixCraft just did updating to iOS 17.1.1
@nixCraft These kids today with their overnight oats, WE USED TO HAVE OVERNIGHT JPGS
@nixCraft It's why the mouse cursor has a sharp vertical line on one side, isn't it???
@nixCraft its me!
@nixCraft good ole windows xp
@nixCraft post it note
@user89073862 you mean ALT text? If so, I just added it.
@nixCraft with the mouse pointer, yes!
@nixCraft
And then, finally arrived at 99%, it took foreveeeeer!
@nixCraft or being told it take days or months to complete a download
@nixCraft Placing the mouse cursor is fine, too.
@nixCraft I use the mouse pointer instead.
@nixCraft still doing this whenever there is a slow progression bar
Someone at Microsoft: "Let's animate it to make it look like it's moving."
Everyone else: "I want to punch whoever animated this to make it looks like it's moving."
@nixCraft I used my mouse, not my finger tho. Dirty.
@nixCraft @QueenOfCoffee I did something like that (mouse pointer, not finger) just today, because an installer was looking like an installed. As it were.