And the people still don't get why Flash is
THAT extended :) Doesn't matter if they make the loading more cute, what they have to do is get rid of the loading at all. In fact, the user shouldn't have to see anything about Java, the user shouldn't even have to know what Java is all about.
That's exactly the same than with special effects in movies. The best special effects in movies are those ones that you don't see.
Oh, c'mon! I really want to uninstall Java now.