The beach ball's direct ancestor is a monochrome icon on NeXT computers representing a spinning magneto-optical disc, circa 1988. NeXT flopped. Apple acquired it in 1996. The icon survived and eventually got a rainbow Aqua makeover.
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The beach ball's direct ancestor is a monochrome icon on NeXT computers representing a spinning magneto-optical disc, circa 1988. NeXT flopped. Apple acquired it in 1996. The icon survived and eventually got a rainbow Aqua makeover.