I had almost this exact same issue. I used one of the many animated spin cursor gifs on the net along with show, hide and setTimeOut. I thought about using the fade out but it's too CPU intensive compared to show and hide.
-----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of seedy Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:39 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: "please wait"-box only if delayed response You could use a http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_timing.asp setTimeout to delay the box from showing. I have had to deal with the same issue of my wait box 'flashing' for quick page loads, but instead of using setTimeout, I fade the box out. The fade always takes some time, so even on the quickest page the loading box shows up long enough to not be annoying, plus it has a nice fadeout effect $('#wait').fadeOut();
