[thelist] Page load progress indicator

[Matt Warden]

On 5/4/05, Christian Heilmann <codepo8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/4/05, Chris Marsh <Chris.Marsh at callserve.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> What happened to users without JavaScript?

Who cares?

It's eye candy and isn't necessary for the function of the page.

-- 
Matt Warden
Miami University
Oxford, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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