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		TazeTSchnitzel on Feb 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vivus, bringing your SVGs to life Yes, surely the "delay" one should be Asynchronous, the "async" one should be Synchronous and "one by one" should be Sequential.

mankyd on Feb 26, 2015 [–]

async and sync aren't even the correct terms here. Parallel, Serial, and Staggered seem more apropos.

burntcaramel on Feb 26, 2015 | [–]

Maybe instead of Delayed, Async, OneByOne, have: Staggered, Together, OneByOne

Keep the names friendly and not too technical.

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