What is it?

Rotor Throbber is a plugin for Mozilla Firefox that replaces the standard circular throbber with a spining rotor animation.

It will replace both the throbber at the top right of the browser window, as well as the smaller loading throbbers on the individual tabs.

What does it look like?

The standard throbber animation is shown below, as well as the new spinning rotor.

Default Throbber

Rotor Throbber (FF2)

Rotor Throbber (FF3)


Browser with Rotor Throbber Active


Browser with Rotor Throbber Idle

How can I download it?

There are two ways to download the plug-in. The easiest way would be through the Firefox Add-ons Site at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8315. Additionally, it may be downloaded directly from Foxed.ca.

Version 1.7.0 (Current)

Works with:
Firefox version 1.0-8.*

Changes:
-Support for FF 4.
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Version 1.6.0

Works with:
Firefox version 1.0-3.7.*

Changes:
-Uses FF3.7 style tab load images in FF3.7
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Version 1.5.1

Works with:
Firefox version 1.0-3.5.*

Changes:
-Uses APNG for better visual quality.
-Will use gif for FF2 users.

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Version 1.4

Works with:
Firefox version 1.0-3.0.*

Changes:
-Removed white ghosting around rotor.
-Changed rotor to spin in correct path.

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Version 1.3

Works with:
Firefox version 1.0-3.0.*

Changes:
-Added throbber to individual tabs.
-Fixed issues with Firefox 2 compatibility.

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