For a webapp, does an animated gif really detract processing time? The gif should be running client side, And the "processing" of the app would be running server side. Maybe you could only show the gif while The app is waiting for the server to push some more data?
George -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:38 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT It's better for peace of mind to know that the computer thinks it's doing something Rather than wondering "Is it DOING something????" -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Wolthuis <dw...@tincat-group.com> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 5:30 pm Subject: Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT Well, I get it even if it seems foolish at first blush -- it's all about he user experience. --dawn On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Charlie Noah <cwn...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Laura and Dawn, This reminds me of a program I wrote about 20 years ago for a multilevel marketing company. Its job was to audit a seller's downline, which in many cases ran into thousands or tens of thousands of transactions. For some larger sellers it ran for several minutes. The users insisted on seeing what progress it was making, and settled on a whirly-gig. I explained that it would only slow the process down, but they didn't care. They were quite willing to sacrifice speed for a stupid little character twirling around. Go figure... Regards, Charlie Noah _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
