[hahainternet]

That is a ludicrous argument. An animation does not affect timer functionality unless you are an incompetent coder.

[ShirtlessRod]

Yes, but it's equally ludicrous to say that the stopwatch "didn't give the visual feedback". It started incrementing those huge numbers, didn't it?

[hahainternet]

That is not the visual feedback being discussed. Buttons should act identically across a platform. There is no compelling reason for a difference.

[aufreak3]

I did not comment on the implementation. I said, in effect, that an animation would affect the perception of the start/stop times and using one would therefore be a bad idea in this case.