Index: wp-admin/css/ie.dev.css
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--- wp-admin/css/ie.dev.css	(revision 16700)
+++ wp-admin/css/ie.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -463,3 +463,7 @@
 .menu li.sortable-placeholder {
 	min-width:400px;
 }
+
+#loading-items {
+	filter:alpha(opacity=70);
+}
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Index: wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
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--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css	(revision 16700)
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -4189,11 +4189,19 @@
 #loading-items {
 	position: absolute;
 	z-index: 9999;
-	padding: 10px 0;
-	background-color: #fff;
+	padding-top: 30px;
+	background-color: #F8F7F3;
+	opacity: 0.7;
+	height: 100%;
+	width: 100%;
+}
+#loading-items span {
 	font-weight: bold;
 	text-align: center;
-	opacity: 0.5;
+	background: url(../images/loading-lg.gif) no-repeat 50% top;
+	line-height: 32px;
+	display: block;
+	text-indent: -9999px;
 }
 #howto {
 	font-size: 11px;
Index: wp-admin/images/loading-lg.gif
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Cannot display: file marked as a binary type.
svn:mime-type = application/octet-stream

Property changes on: wp-admin\images\loading-lg.gif
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Added: svn:mime-type
   + application/octet-stream

Index: wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js
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--- wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js	(revision 16700)
+++ wp-admin/js/list-table.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		this.$tbody = $('#the-list, #the-comment-list');
 
 		this.$overlay = $('<div id="loading-items">')
-			.html(listTableL10n.loading)
+			.append($('<span>' + listTableL10n.loading + '</span>'))
 			.hide()
 			.prependTo($('body'));
 	},