You are correct that the animated gif does not harm the processing time on the server. I think it is obnoxious to the user when it is there for too short a time, so I hauled some out and stopped putting them in, figuring we will wait to see where they are really needed once we do volume testing. I have not researched it to see if there are any studies that suggest that an animated gif that flashes quickly provides a bad user experience. My UX testing in this case was not formal -- it was me going "oh, yuck, I don't want that gif to be there for so short a time."
You are right that this is not of the same ilk regarding performance. Yes, it only shows while the server is doing something -- when a process returns it hides the gif. --dawn On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:21 AM, George Gallen <ggal...@wyanokegroup.com>wrote: > 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 > -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Take and give some delight today _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
