[thelist] Explorer "progress" bar

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>IE has this lovely little box next to the status area which is supposed to
>indicate what percentage of an incoming page has loaded.  I am working on a
>system in a framed page.  The top frame is navigation and all navigation
>actions occur via JavaScript.  Generally a form is submitted, either from
>the bottom frame or from the top frame but targeted to the bottom frame.
>
>This little progress bar, however, is not working for us on IE6.  Pages are
>loading fully into the bottom frame, but the bar looks like it's at about
>40%.  I know the page is in because I have an onload event AND I have a
>traffic meter on my line and they ain't no mo' traffic.
>
>Any ideas?

The progress bar has little to do with the actual progress of the
downloading. Try a site that cannot be reached: the progress bar will go to
about 50 to 60 % of the width of the bar before IE gives up and tells you
the site cannot be reached.

In my opinion the progress bar always shows progress, no matter what
happens, to keep the end user happily uninformed of whatever is taking
place. As long as he feels progress is being made, he's content with
Internet Explorer.

ppk

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