RFC: open the spinner directly on touch point

[Fania Bremmer]

Am 01.11.2011 15:10, schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2011 11:12:37 Fania Bremmer wrote:
>> ** Proposed Change **
>> Open the spinner directly on touch point, near the tapped icon/source
>> etc, not on the bottom of the page
> in the case of the launcher, the spinner would start there .. and then when
> the launcher closes, where would it display?
>
why does it close anyway? I was always wondering why the interface 
changes without any user interaction.
I would keep the launcher open... how do we know what the next step of 
the user will be? Might be starting another app, no?