[thelist] Website Loading Screen

Giles Carey gilescarey at supanet.com
Wed Apr 17 11:33:01 CDT 2002


just put the loading text in a lyer and this in the body tag
to call the jscript function:

onload=hidelayer(loadinglayer)

where loading layer is the layer containing the text
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Maynes" <andrew at uk-webdeveloper.co.uk>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] Website Loading Screen


> Hi Martin
>
> I was aware of the research from a psychological perspective, I didn't
know the
> rearch extended to web site waiting patterns.
>
> In relation to this request I was curious for one reason.  It appeared
from the
> question that someone actually wanted someone to wait for something to
load!  Or
> put another way, lets create something that will take some time to load!
>
> I did have a site that needed to say 'we are loading this for you as
quickly as
> we can because it is fairly weighty.'
>
> The site had a rotating image display which was just far too slow for the
> average user, which with hindsight I should have had a loading... message.
> Instead I had nothing which is similar to how public transport operates...
i
> know buses are runnig in the direction oppoisite to the way I want to go
but
> will one come my way pretty soon?
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of
> martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 02:20
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thelist] Website Loading Screen
>
>
>
> Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers
>
> -------------------- Start of message text --------------------
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> There's quite a bit of research to suggest that a user's impatience with a
> wait is not based on the amount of time spent waiting, but the amount of
> time *perceived* to be spent waiting for something to happen.
>
> If you can do one of:
> 1) give the impression of things loading (eg not enclosing everything in
> one table which renders at the end, but in separate tables which render as
> they are downloaded, have interlaced/progressive images etc)
> 2) Convince the user that things are happening that aren't all together
> obvious (eg loading screens, progress bars etc)
> 3) Distract the user (Caldera Open Linux has a Tetris game you can play
> while the machine installs the OS, and that's why lift lobbies tend to
have
> windows or mirrors)
> the time the user spends wondering if they're ever going to see your page
> is much reduced, and so is the user's impatience... even if the total time
> before it loads doesn't change a bit.
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
>
>
> why would anyone want a screen that says loading or have I missed the
> point, is
> there some magical thing it does?  I thought no loading was the aim!
>
>
>
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