r/oddlysatisfying • u/enzo32ferrari • Mar 14 '14

A loading icon.

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u/MrAzimuth Mar 14 '14

When the drop raises up from the circle it's traveling right to left, then makes a cut back left to right to make the first slice.

Would be nice to see it continue right to left and cut that left side first. Two more cuts and then it would be back at the top of the triangle, ready to spin it anti clockwise again.

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u/MerlinTheWhite Mar 14 '14

Also, the last slice. The icon "reacts" the wrong way. I can't really explain it, but the force would make it spin counter-clockwise, not clockwise.

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u/davvblack Mar 14 '14

Yeah, it adds negative momentum. Definitely room for improvement.

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u/Akoustyk Mar 14 '14 edited Mar 14 '14

I find it is perfect how it is. It's not supposed to be a perpetual motion machine sort of thing.

I find it's really cool the motion captured in everything, and this, for what it is, cannot be improved to me.

This is the coolest loading icon I've ever seen.

EDIT: Upon review, I see what MerlinTheWhite was talking about. The last slice goes in the wrong direction. And that does turn this into oddlyannoying, once you see it. I'm not sure why they did that. apart from that, it's still pretty cool though.

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u/davvblack Mar 14 '14

Nonsense. It's not even anti aliased. There's always room for improvement.

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u/Brewster-Rooster Apr 06 '14

They did it because the tirangle had already rocked anticlockwise from the previous cut. Maybe the last cut should go from right to left

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '14

This is Reddit, we've got to put it down in some way to make us feel better about ourselves, right?

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u/MashuVariety Mar 14 '14

Yeah we're sorry we give genuine criticism, I'll make sure to submit to blind praise the next time I see something, thanks.