
May 11th, 2006, 09:22 PM
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 | Crotchety UI Nitpicker | | Join Date: Mar 2005
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The genie effect is the way windows slide into the Dock when minimized. The effect you're talking about is magnification. — I doubt that would be patentable. Same goes for the loading. I mean, can you really patent a bouncing icon?
If Apple has patents for either of these things, it would have to be limited to very specific applications, which might not even apply to web sites.
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