What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)? Version 26.325.31654 (1272) What subscription do you have? Plus What platform is your computer? Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm What...
Especially if you could use the space to display what the model is actually doing, like the thinking process or other current model states (prefill, decode, idly waiting for a slot…)
Wrong. If more processing power is used for displaying the spinner, then the actual task will take longer, thus the spinner will be displayed for a longer time, so the spinner becomes even more useful.
Pretty sure I’ve seen this exact problem in many versions of web browser with their loading throbbers.
I still wouldn’t call them “useless”. The visual feedback that something is happening is useful.
When the proportion of processing to benefit is that far out of whack it is useless.
Especially if you could use the space to display what the model is actually doing, like the thinking process or other current model states (prefill, decode, idly waiting for a slot…)
Wrong. If more processing power is used for displaying the spinner, then the actual task will take longer, thus the spinner will be displayed for a longer time, so the spinner becomes even more useful.
Well, its a good thing we have the spinner then. Ship it to prod.