[thelist] Page load progress indicator

[Chris Marsh]

Sam

> Has anyone ever implemented a "page load progress indicator" for a 
> standard HTML/CSS page?

I have done such a thing. When the page was called I displayed the progress
bar, using for the bar itself a div with a background colour. I then used
setInterval to increase the width of the div by a percentage over time. The
onload event handler then turned the whole thing off.

It proved very effective. Although it did not give an accurate idea of how
much longer the user would have to wait, it handled user expectations very
well as it gave a visual indication to the user that the page was loading
and illustrated the rate at which this was occurring.

Regards

Chris Marsh

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