Good idea! I was just leaving this out at this point so I didn't clutter up
the code unnecessarily, figuring I would only put these in where I know
they are needed. But in cases where I'm not sure, this seems like a good
approach. Thanks! --dawn
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:13 AM, David A. Green <dgr...@dagconsulting.com>wrote:
> How about something like this? This way it doesn't get displayed for the
> quick updates.
>
> function doServerUpdate() {
> var serverUpdateTimer = setTimeout("showServerUpdateWait()", 5000);
> ...
> hideServerUpdateWait();
> clearTimeout(serverUpdateTimer);
> }
>
> David A. Green
> (480) 813-1725
> DAG Consulting
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org
> [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 7:08 AM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT
>
> 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
> >
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>
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